[amsat-bb] More on W3XO (corrected)

[Joseph B. Fitzgerald]

K1HTV reminded us on the YCCC reflector that you can read about Bill in his own words at:


http://www.kerrhams.org/W3XO.pdf



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Born in 1926, Bill was licensed in 1946 and received a BSEE degree from RPI.  Much of his professional career was as an engineering manager with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, retiring to Kerrville, TX in 1988.


One of the founding members of AMSAT, Bill served it as president and chairman of the board, as well as the longtime vice president for manned spaceflight.  He was also a past president of the Central States VHF Society and the longtime conductor of QST's "The World Above 50 MHz,  A Fellow of the Radio Club of America, Bill received its Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio Award in 2012.


A Life Member of QCWA, its Journal carried Bill's Amateur Radio autobiography several years ago.


I was privileged to know Bill personally since I lived in Washington, DC in the 1970s.  Bill and Chuck Dorian, W3JPT, sponsored me into the Potomac Valley Radio Club in 1971.


R.I.P.


Ray W2RS



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