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ARLX017 ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane,
K2ASP (SK)

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Special Bulletin 17  ARLX017
From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  December 7, 2021
To all radio amateurs 

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ARLX017 ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane,
K2ASP (SK)

ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane, K2ASP, of
Beaverton, Oregon, died on November 24. An ARRL Life Member, he was
84.

An FCC engineer, Kane rose to the post of FCC San Francisco District
Director and administered many ham radio and commercial license
exams during his nearly 30 years there. He was a registered
professional engineer in several jurisdictions.

Active as an Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteer, Kane
was a senior life member of the IEEE and a member of the Society of
Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and National Association of Radio and
Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE).

Kane earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the
Cooper Union School of Engineering, and he went to work for the US
Air Force. He also held a degree in system engineering from UCLA.
While working for the FCC, he earned a law degree. After retiring
from the FCC, Kane worked as a consultant.

In the mid-1960s, Kane served briefly in Israel's Ministry of
Communications as a regulatory engineer before going to work for the
FCC.
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