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CHIP WAS A GREAT CONTESTER, SAID ARRL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS BOB NAUMANN,
W5OV.  MARGELLI HELD FIRST PLACE IN MANY NATIONAL RADIOSPORT CONTESTS.  HE
NEVER HAD ANYTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE.  HE WAS A FIXTURE AT ALL OF THE
BIG EVENTS AND WAS JUST A GREAT GUY TO BE AROUND, SAID NAUMANN.  HIS LOVE
OF PEOPLE TOOK HIM AROUND THE WORLD ON DXPEDITIONS AND MISSIONS OF GOODWILL
RELATED TO AMATEUR RADIO.  IN 1984, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THE
CHINESE RADIO SPORTS ASSOCIATION REESTABLISH AMATEUR RADIO IN CHINA.  HE
SERVED A SIMILAR ROLE IN ALBANIA, AND HE OPERATED FROM CUBA.  IN 1990,
MARGELLI AND HIS TEAMMATE, MIKE WETZEL, W9RE, WON A SILVER MEDAL AT THE
FIRST EVER WORLD RADIOSPORT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
GOODWILL GAMES IN SEATTLE.  HIS OPERATING PROWESS SPANNED MODES, CULTURES,
AND LANGUAGES.  CHIP WAS A REAL DXER WHO COULD BE EATING AN ICE CREAM
SANDWICH AND SENDING MORSE CODE AT 50 WPM, ALL WHILE WATCHING HIS
SMARTPHONE FOR DX SPOTS AND CARRYING ON A CONVERSATION WITH A VISITING HAM,
SAID GORDON WEST, WB6NOA.  WHEN WORKING PHONE, HE WOULD SPEAK JAPANESE WHEN
THE BAND WAS OPEN TO THE WEST AND SPEAK RUSSIAN TO AN EARLY MORNING 20
METER CONTACT, AND THEN SPANISH WHEN WORKING STATIONS TO THE SOUTH, WEST
ADDED.  MARGELLI WAS GENUINELY CURIOUS ABOUT MANY SUBJECTS.  IF SOMEONE
BROUGHT UP A TOPIC ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHAT, HE WOULD JUST GO WITH IT, SAID
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