Former DX QSL Manager Mary Ann Crider, WA3HUP, SK
Well-known QSL manager for DX stations and a former manager of the Third Call Area QSL Bureau Mary Ann Crider, WA3HUP, of Duncannon, Pennsylvania, died on March 12 after a period of failing health.
An ARRL life member, she was 91.
DX chasers during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s likely received QSL cards from DX stations for which she handled QSLing duties.
I was introduced to Mary Anne first in 1979 and kept contact right through to 2003.
I never had a qso with her on any band and do not have her personal qsl card,
and yet knew her really well through little post it notes in batches of cards we exchanged..
She handled hundreds of my dxpedition cards via the W3 bureaux to the East Coast US amateurs via my manager WA3HBC.
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