Amateur Radio Satellite Pioneer, Past AMSAT President Bill Tynan, W3XO, SK

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A giant of the Amateur Radio satellite world has fallen. William A. “Bill” Tynan, W3XO, of Kerrville, Texas, died on August 7, following a lengthy illness. A past AMSAT President and the editor of the QST column “The World Above 50 MHz” from 1975 until 1992, Tynan was 91.


While growing up in Washington, DC, he was entranced by short-wave broadcasts and police radio traffic on his three-band tab...

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