I have very sad news. My good friend, Brian Kantor, WB6CYT https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-qRxpLrc/1/X4/i-qRxpLrc-X4.jpg, suddenly passed away this week at his home in San Diego, California. Brian retired only two years ago after 47 years of service on the staff at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Way back in the mid 1980s, Brian and I founded AMPRnet, the TCP/IP over amateur radio network. He continued to manage it until his passing.
Brian recently created and served as chair and CEO of Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), a charitable foundation funded by the sale of unused AMPRnet IPv4 addresses. ARDC promotes STEM education and amateur radio digital development through scholarships and by funding the development of open source hardware and software.
Brian will be sorely missed and impossible to replace. Memorial arrangements will be announced when known.
Phil Karn, KA9Q
So sorry you had to write this e-mail. I you explaining how excited you were about working with him on ARDC.
-Joe KM1P ________________________________ From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org on behalf of Phil Karn via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 6:27 PM To: AMPRNet working group 44net@mailman.ampr.org; amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org; 44ngn@mailman.ampr.org 44ngn@mailman.ampr.org; Ground-Station ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute; Owen Cruise ocruise@ucsd.edu Subject: [amsat-bb] Brian Kantor, WB6CYT, SK
I have very sad news. My good friend, Brian Kantor, WB6CYT https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-qRxpLrc/1/X4/i-qRxpLrc-X4.jpg, suddenly passed away this week at his home in San Diego, California. Brian retired only two years ago after 47 years of service on the staff at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Way back in the mid 1980s, Brian and I founded AMPRnet, the TCP/IP over amateur radio network. He continued to manage it until his passing.
Brian recently created and served as chair and CEO of Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), a charitable foundation funded by the sale of unused AMPRnet IPv4 addresses. ARDC promotes STEM education and amateur radio digital development through scholarships and by funding the development of open source hardware and software.
Brian will be sorely missed and impossible to replace. Memorial arrangements will be announced when known.
Phil Karn, KA9Q
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On 11/26/19 05:53, Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB wrote:
So sorry you had to write this e-mail. I you explaining how excited you were about working with him on ARDC.
-Joe KM1P ________________________________
Thank you. As I said, Brian was irreplaceable. Recovering from this will take some time and be a lot of work. But when we do, it's safe to say that one of the first grants ARDC will make is a college scholarship in Brian's memory.
73, Phil
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