Fellow hams were to host a Last Call ceremony on the air for John Talipski, N3ACK, vice president of the Atlanta Radio Club and one of 16 host-city coordinators for the massive Football on the Air special event.

Already an established leader in his local club, where he assisted with Field Day, hamfests and other activities, John stepped up to coordinate operators who were part of the W4C station in support of the World Cup Soccer tournament in North America this summer. John became a Silent Key unexpectedly on the 21st of June while he and other hams were in a local park operating for the event.

First licensed in 1981, John took special pride in having the vanity callsign, N3ACK, which was originally held by his grandfather, William B. Talipsky, who lived just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Last Call ceremony for John was scheduled for July 19th on 20 metres, on the final day of the tournament - and special event.

John was 57.