[amsat-bb] Re: [Senior-officers] Den Connors, KD2S

[Martha]

If memory serves me correctly, I think Den Connors was the person who set us
up with Telemail through the University.  It cost about $18,000 a year!
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Tom Clark, K3IO <tom.k3io at gmail.com>wrote:

>  I'm sure that many early TAPRites remember TAPR's first President, Den
> Connors, KD2S. Den was active in Tucson circa 1982-83 at the formation of
> TAPR, during the TNC-1 days. Some info on Den can be seen at
> http://www.tapr.org/history.html, as documented in the first PSR (
> http://www.tapr.org/pub_psr1.html). The early TAPR PSRs can be read at
> http://www.ka9q.net/newsletters.html. In 1982 (in PSR #2), Den and I made
> the first proposal for an amateur radio packet satellite. Around 1984, Den
> moved east to take a job at Wang Computers in Lowell, MA.
>
> Den's story can be read at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/denconnors. I
> lost touch with him in ~1986. Just tonite, I got this sad note from Ralph,
> KD1SM that I want to share with you:
>
>  I don't know if you or other TAPR/AMSAT old-timers are still
> in contact with Den Connors KD2S.  I know you two worked
> together a lot in early packet days.
>
> If you have not kept in touch with Den, then I'm sorry to tell you
> that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma two years
> ago.  I'm even sorrier to tell you that a bone marrow transplant
> that had been scheduled for this week has been canceled.  The
> message circulated among his colleagues reads:
>
>   "Den was simply too ill to proceed.  A PET scan was done yesterday
>   and it found that the cancer has spread through out his whole body.
>   He will come home tomorrow and be attended to by the Hospice folks.
>   Doctors estimate approx 5 weeks.  I can t tell you how truly Den will
>   be missed by all who knew him.  If any of you have read his Caring
>   Bridge I m sure you can understand what incredible spirit Den has. "
>
> Regards,
> Ralph Swick KD1SM
> Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club
> http://www.n1nc.org
> Friend of Den's for ~15 years.
>
>
>
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73- Martha