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

[W3AB/GEO]

Jerry, thanks for those memories, and the picture.

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73 de W3AB/GEO​

On Aug 17, 2020, 19:52, at 19:52, Jerry Buxton via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>Thanks for sharing some memories and history Mark, and fittingly, on
>Tony's birthday. 
>
>It is a weird coincidence, as I was not online today to see anything
>mentioning Tony until just now.  This morning I thought of Tony and
>wondered how many members have the recollection or knowledge of what
>Tony did to bring AMSAT into the CubeSat era.  Much of the discussion
>of
>Fox-1 birds seems to be related or remembering of events of the past
>year or maybe two, and some of what is said seems to have no
>understanding of how we got here.
>
>My thoughts were of his family as well, looking forward and waiting to
>let them know that the bonus satellite brought about by Tony's work was
>headed out of my hands and up to orbit  Although it lacks "Veronica" as
>the previous four had/have, it is still a Fox-1.  Many of Tony's family
>were with us at the launch of Fox-1A almost five years ago now and that
>was a feeling of family that also shows a part of the overall
>commitment
>that goes into making the satellites that is never publicly mentioned
>or
>seen, but is important in fueling the work we do.
>
>A photo of the launch party can be seen in the gallery on my website,
>and I put it up here too:
>http://home.n0jy.org/images/Fox-1A_Launch_Party.jpg
>
>Jerry Buxton, NØJY
>
>On 8/14/2020 13:43, Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB 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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