I recall Ray being my point-of-contact in December 2000 as acting AMSAT President while then President Robin Haighton, VE3FRH was on a trans-Atlantic flight. I had arranged for NORAD/Space Command to track the disabled AO-40 spacecraft using its deep space phased-array radar at Eglin AFB. As soon as I received a report that the radar tracked only a single piece, I called Ray with the encouraging news. Ray happily received the report and passed it on to Robin as soon as he was available.
In the meantime, I passed the most current orbital state, derived from the NORAD tracking data, to the AO-40 command team. The rest is history as AO-40 was successfully reset and subsequently recovered on 25 December 2000. But I would again point out Ray's role in those activities.
Ken Ernandes, N2WWD
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Seguin via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 06:48 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Sigh, W2RS SK
I fondly recall getting an email from Ray each year before the AMSAT UK Colloquium. He would attend and usually do a live demo of an FM bird. We would set up a sked on a mutual Trans-Atlantic pass and work with just a few degrees elevation.
He will be missed.
Mike, N1JEZ
On 3/16/2022 10:32 PM, Robert McGwier wrote:
Deeply sorry to hear Ray Soifer is SK. Ray was a truly decent man and good for AMSAT.
R.I.P. Ray
Bob
Dr. Robert W McGwier, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Tech ARDC Member of Board N4HY: ARRL, TAPR, AMSAT, EARC Sky: AAVSO, Sky60, Auburn AS, Skyscrapers
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