A near-fatal shooting in the head during an armed robbery in Vienna more than three decades ago nearly claimed the life of Monika Wlcek, OE3YUP. She ultimately emerged from a coma and recovered, though she was left partially paralyzed for the rest of her life. Her love of amateur radio, which she shared with her husband Helmut, OE3HCB, kept her in the forefront of the amateur radio community until she became a Silent Key on the 10th of June of this year. Her death was reported recently in the YL Beam newsletter.

Monika was an active member of the Forest District of the Austrian Military Radio Society and an active participant in YL activities each year at Ham Radio Friedrichshafen.

Monika was 79.