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
Whoa, Ray was the guy who went satellite hopping between Oscar 6 and Oscar 7!! that is so GOAT! - f
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 8:03 AM Robert McGwier [email protected] wrote:
Deeply sorry to hear Ray Soifer is SK. Ray was a truly decent man and good for AMSAT.
R.I.P. Ray
Bob
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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
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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 [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 06:48 AM To: [email protected] 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
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-- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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That's a gentleman's approach.
RIP Ray
vu2exp
On Thu 17 Mar, 2022, 4:18 PM Mike Seguin via AMSAT-BB, [email protected] wrote:
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
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Ray operating as G0AUK at the 15th AMSAT-UK Colloquium.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dKgOUu6F2abQmcpP8sG14yqSnSiym6VA/view?usp=s...
Mike
On 3/17/2022 7:10 AM, Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP wrote:
That's a gentleman's approach.
RIP Ray
vu2exp
On Thu 17 Mar, 2022, 4:18 PM Mike Seguin via AMSAT-BB, <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
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 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ <https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/> > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] <https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org> > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org <https://mailman.amsat.org> -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet" ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ <https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/> View archives of this mailing list at https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] <https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org <http://amsat.org> Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at https://mailman.amsat.org <https://mailman.amsat.org>
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It is very sad to hear of Ray's passing.
I have earned two of Ray's QSL cards over the years. The first from 01-Jan-1997 during Straight Key Night on OSCAR, which was an annual event that he organized. I worked him via RS-10 Mode A (CW, of course).
His QSL card states that he was first licensed in 1955 at age 12. Ex-K1WXC, K2QBW, WA4IJR, G5DDU, and W2RS since 1976. Active on HF, VHF/UHF and OSCAR. Member of the ARRL, RSGB, AMSAT, AWA, CSVHFS, OOTC, PVRC, and the Radio Club of America.
The second card confirmed an AO-27 contact on 30-September-1998 when he operated a Yaesu FT-50R VHF/UHF dualband FM handheld into an MFJ-1717 whip antenna while attending the XIII IARU Region 2 Conference in Porlamar, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela (FK80, IOTA SA 012).
73 de John, KD2BD
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Ashhar Farhan -
John Magliacane -
Mike Seguin -
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Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP -
Robert McGwier