This news will be very upsetting for many of our members, as we say goodbye to a great ambassador for amateur radio and friend of many in our society.
Bob has been one of our most respected and loved members for many decades, but he sadly passed away yesterday, finally being beaten by a complex combination of various cancers.
Deepest sympathies to all his family and his many friends around the world.
He will be sorely missed.
Ken G3WYN is writing a little something and passing on a couple of photos which I will post here on the website. If anyone has any thoughts, memories, pictures or whatever that they would like to share, then please send them over to me and I will try to do them justice.
RIP Bob. I hope the DX is good up there.
Berni M0XYF
Bob's Obituary
Robert G. D'Imperio, age 90, of Southampton, NJ, previously of Villas, NJ, passed away peacefully on July 13, 2026 surrounded by his loving family.
Robert was born on September 17, 1935 to the late Helen and Daniel D'Imperio in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia, PA. He proudly served our country for over 30 years in the United States Navy where he served as a cryptologist. Robert was a member of the US Navy Cryptologic Veterans Association, the Royal Navy Amateur Radio Society, the Deutscher Marinebund (German Naval Association), and the Mid-Sussex Amateur Radio Society. He enjoyed amateur radio in his free-time.
Robert is survived by his daughter Lisanne Merrill (Burney); his siblings, Elaine M. Falcone; Kathryn D'Imperio and James D'Imperio (Karen); many nieces, nephews and cousins. Robert is predeceased by his daughter, Karen Cosgrove and his brother, Daniel D'Imperio, Jr.
Thoughts From Ken G3WYN
I first met Bob in 1988, 38 years ago when I visited Mike Brown, N4MAD in Pensacola Florida as part of my regular visits to that area.
Mike was already participating in our daily 15m nets and Bob soon joined in on both SSB and CW. Indeed he was so regular a participant that he was made an honorary member of MSARS. A move by Bob from Pensacola to New Jersey to join his family did not prove a problem and Bob continued to join in our nets on a daily basis. When HF conditions were better he and I were able to enjoy very low power CW contacts with no trouble.
Bob, then living with his sister Kathy, made several visits to Cuckfield and Stella and I visited Cape May, New Jersey on holidays over the years. Bob and I were members of his local club, the Cape May County Shark Radio ARC and Bob made regular trips to the battleship New Jersey BB62 to operate the on-board amateur radio station there in Philadelphia, where his 30 years of naval service made 30wpm CW contacts a breeze.
I last spoke to Bob about 4 weeks ago via a zoom link set up by the Pennine Ham group and have lost a good friend of many years standing. I shall miss him.
Bob and his sister Kathy, Christmas, 2018
Bob with his wife, Mike N4MAD and Ken G3WYN, Pensacola, 1994
Mike N4MAD with his TH-7 7 element Yagi, Pensacola, 1991
Memories From Dick G1AFU
I have a few photos from Bob’s visit when he stayed at Mike Mundy’s, G0GNV and also with Gavin G6DGK.
Bob, Fraser and I planned to meet up at the site of U-Boat U995 in Germany in 2024, but Bob’s health had deteriorated and our plans were put on hold.
We stayed in touch via the radio for over 33 years and he will be sadly missed for sure. He has a wonderful video collection of which I contributed many recordings on the subjects he was interested in.
There were many occasions when I was the only person hearing his ultra-weak signals while operating from the Jack & Jill site facing directly to Bob in New Jersey.
Bob had a passion for operating from museum ships, especially submarines. He was as resident operator on the USS New Jersey, an Iowa class battleship. In the last few years he got into Parks On The Air (POTA).
