[amsat-bb] Past ARRL CTO Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, SK

[Dave Tipton]

Sad news indeed.  While I did not know Paul personally, I am good friends with and work with one of his nieces.    He was apparently quite a guy from the stories I have heard.

Dave, W5DMT

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> On Dec 2, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Brennan Price via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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> Longtime ARRL staffer and Washington-area office chief Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, died Friday, November 29, at age 88. Paul was ARRL's first Chief Technology Officer, serving from 2004-2010. Paul's contributions to amateur radio, notably including his pioneering work in packet radio, were numerous and will certainly be memorialized fully and eloquently by others in coming days. 
> Celebration of life services are set for 11-noon on Monday, December 9, at Murphy Funeral Home, 1102 West Broad St, Falls Church VA. A gathering follows at the funeral home from noon-2.
> 73,Brennan Price, N4QXAMSAT Secretary
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