8 Jan 2017 - Silent Key - Vic Imamura JA5VQ / MM0JVQ

Details: Written by Alan GM3PSP; Published: 13 January 2017; Hits: 2710

Vic Imamura JA5VQ / MM0JVQ died on 8th January 2017 in Japan at the age of 74. Vic was a member of the LRS and made annual visits to Edinburgh for a number of years, staying in a flat at Morningside and attending LRS meetings and the annual barbecue along with his XYL Keiko JG5JUS. (Photo c/o QRZ.com)

Vic's impressive aerial farm in Japan.

Vic's good friend Ken Dons GM0AXY provided the following background for him:

'I first got to know Vic and Keiko some 18-20 years ago. Vic was a Systems Engineer with a bias towards Electronics and he spent most of his working life within the chemical and petro-chemical industries. Which is how I came to get to know him as he worked on a DCS (Distributed Control System) from Honeywell (TDC3000) for which I was involved in providing a Training Simulator whilst working for Marconi Simulation and Training.

Vic, like myself, took early retirement and as I could provide him and Keiko some background on what was on offer here in Scotland, and Edinburgh in particular, they decided to come over for a short stay. This became an annual visit lasting some 4-6 months at a time. Getting a visitor visa to the UK for such a long time each year was a bit of a challenge, and I supported their visa applications by provided a UK based invitation and reference.

Vic’s funeral takes place in Tokyo this Saturday, 14th January and in accordance with the Japanese custom, Keiko will be attending a weekly Remembrance Ceremony for about a month before she returns home to Ehime'.