[amsat-bb] Thinking and thanking...Tony AA2TX

[Joseph Armbruster]

Mark,

Good stuff!  I met him a couple of times at the symposiums and he was
always super nice.  Also, probably one of the most brilliant people
i've listened
to present SDR.  His presentation from the Orlando symposium, was one of
the most comprehensive I have ever heard on the topic.  Was any video taken
of those presentations?  If-so, is it possible to resurrect some of them?
I also remember when the abrupt announcement was made that he would no
longer be attending the meetings / telecons.  I appreciate you raising our
awareness and bringing some well deserved attention and appreciation for
him.

73,

Joseph Armbruster

KJ4JIO


On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 2:54 PM Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> About a week ago, Facebook alerted me that it was Tony AA2TX Monteiro's
> birthday.  I'll admit it caught me off guard, yet it was really fun
> thinking about the wonderful work he did for us, AMSAT, as the "father of
> the Fox satellite family."  He was such a neat and brilliant guy.   So over
> the past several days I have been thinking of him, and being thankful for
> him.  It brought back memories of a HamRadioNow.TV interview from Dayton
> Hamvention in 2013, where Tony was VP for Engineering, and I was the first
> VP for Educational Relations.   This is before any of the Fox birds were
> built and buttoned up for launch.   If you're curious, and you never had
> the chance to meet Tony (or even if you did!!) you might enjoy watching the
> video and hearing about the vision and planning; note that the interview
> starts about 5 mins into the recording.   It was touching for me,
> personally.
>
> https://www.amsat.org/hamradionow-amsat-fox-1-interview-now-online/
>
> It took Jerry N0JY Buxton as the "new VP" and friends stepping up to
> fulfill Tony's vision.   So I'm thankful for all of you that did all of
> this.  Far too many to count.  And the "bonus bird" Fox-1E wasn't even part
> of Tony's original vision...but I can't wait to have that one flown and
> operational "someday soon" as well!
>
> If you work AO-91 or AO-92 this weekend, maybe you'll also be "thinking and
> thanking" Tony AA2TX, too!
>
> 73,
>
> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
> AMSAT Director and Command Station
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