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    "sender_name": "Tim Cunningham",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb]\tProject OSCAR Pioneer Richard \"Dick\" Esneault, W4IJC -- SK",
    "date": "2007-03-15T18:05:14Z",
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    "content": "\nhttp://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/117179376861630.xml&coll=1\n\n\nProject OSCAR member Richard \"Dick\" Esneault, W4IJC -- SK\n\n\n\n\n\nI recently learned that Richard \"Dick\" Esneault, W4IJC, passed away.\n\n\n\nMy first encounter with Dick was many years ago when Gene Marcus, W3PM, \nmentioned that Mr. Esneault was involved with Project OSCAR and he was going \nto be part of the AMSAT Forum with me at the Huntsville Hamfest. The Forum \nwas a big hit as Dick displayed articles on hardboard for display and the \nmost spectacular item was the OSCAR-1 model that you could pick up and hold \nin your hands. Not just a model, but very much the same as the real model \nthat went into space. The only other known model is in the Smithsonian \nInstitution and here is this guy in Huntsville, Alabama carrying an OSCAR-1 \nprototype model in the trunk of his car to hamfests, field day sites, and \nlocal club meetings.\n\n\n\nMr. Esneault was never short on words. He could talk about the history of \nProject OSCAR and capture your attention. It was not until recent years that \nwe thought we should really capture some of his conversation on videotape. \nSo, we had him visit the Huntsville Amateur Radio Club a few years ago to \nshare his memories.\n\n\n\nMr. Esneault always had an impressive display when he set-up to talk about \nProject OSCAR\n\n\n\nHis wife told him to tell us how they got the parts for OSCAR-1 and Dick \nwith a big grin responded, \"Well, well, they were acquired\". He always said \nthat Jack Kennedy hit a home run with Project OSCAR as a peaceful use of \nspace. When asked what kind of battery was used on OSCAR-1 he responded, \"It \nwas a fancy battery, it wasn't cheap\". Later discussion would reveal that \nperhaps it was one of those acquired items. Things that just appeared. When \nasked about the callsign used (HI) on OSCAR-1 he responded, \"Hey, after \nKennedy kicked the front door of his office wanting to get it up.. that made \nno difference.. we could have got up there and did anything, because he \nwanted it done.. it was sort of a blessing he got in on it.\". When asked if \nthere was any budget for OSCAR-1 or was it just all acquired Dick responded, \n\"Budget to covert the cost of OSCAR?  (pause) No, nobody would ever admit \nit, it just happened.\"\n\n\n\nWhen asked how President Kennedy received project OSCAR, Dick responded, \n\"Everret R Morrow (not sure if this name is spelled correctly), who Kennedy \nknew, heard about it in Washington and said let me talk to Jack about that. \n(pause) there was a big scream behind the closed door's. why isn't that \nblank, blank, blank thing up in the air now. and that is how Project OSCAR \nwas received by the President.\"\n\n\n\nLast year, I ran into Dick at the 2006 Huntsville Hamfest and he was looking \nin good health, but it was apparent his memory was slipping away. I could \ntell by the look his wife's eyes that he was not himself, so I played along \nwith his conversation. The next day I called his son and he confirmed that \nhis father was having some memory issues as I had detected.\n\n\n\nMr. Esneault was a pioneer (at the right place at the right time) in the \nsatellite community as one of those enabler's to pave the way where we are \ntoday. We will certainly miss his stories as he had so many.\n\n\n\nHis picture can still be found in the Satellite Experimenters handbook \n(Directors of the Project OSCAR Association) the last time I checked.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n73's,\n\n\n\nTim - N8DEU\n\nHuntsville, Alabama\n\n\n\n\n",
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