It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
My condolences to the family and friends. Big loss to amateur radio community worldwide. Ed PY2RN.
On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 07:43:53 AM GMT-3, mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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Wow, Bob was always helpful to new digital operators on his sats and always teaching. Truly a big loss for the community.
Greg D N3MVF
On Feb 9, 2022, at 7:44 AM, Eduardo PY2RN cqpy2rn@gmail.com wrote:
My condolences to the family and friends. Big loss to amateur radio community worldwide.
Ed PY2RN.
On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 07:43:53 AM GMT-3, mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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Yes we sure will miss him ... he was such a force of nature! I was fortunate to be invited to help on the RAFT project. It was such a joy having a circuit board I worked on launch into orbit!
de KM1P Joe
________________________________________ From: mail@mike-rupprecht.de mail@mike-rupprecht.de Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 5:43 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] RIP WB4APR
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites. There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT. My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
I also will miss Bob. He was very gracious and encouraged me as a ham op, in a graduate researcher role at The George Washington University Micropropulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory, to take my early bench experiments and apply to build flight hardware for a space mission. He educated me on how his US Naval Academy Parkinson SmallSats were made, and I am grateful he agreed to support me in discussion with my senior faculty and other organizations, and that his institution agreed to give me an opportunity to fly the four channel Micro-Cathode Arc Thruster subsystem on the 2015 BRICSAT-P 1.5U Cubesat mission, which to no small degree started with discussions with him on "if" it could be done with no prior experience.
I learnt that you don't need fancy computing power to do things on SmallSats, and that even in the classroom one can efficiently demo the required ADCS components and figure out how the system would perform "up there", and I am happy to say it did.
I also was amazed about his success in "radio shack" type flight hardware obviously from an earlier era of technology, and his work in space-space-ground comms relay using APRS, and making calculations using integer math.
RIP, WB4APRS de Samudra N3RDX.
-----Original Message----- From: Joseph B. Fitzgerald jfitzgerald@alum.wpi.edu Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 7:58 AM To: mail@mike-rupprecht.de; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: RIP WB4APR
Yes we sure will miss him ... he was such a force of nature! I was fortunate to be invited to help on the RAFT project. It was such a joy having a circuit board I worked on launch into orbit!
de KM1P Joe
________________________________________ From: mail@mike-rupprecht.de mail@mike-rupprecht.de Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 5:43 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] RIP WB4APR
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites. There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT. My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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Bob and APRS are my favorite. I know he was in pain toward the end with health issues. Thanks for the good memories. 73 Robert MacHale. KE6BLR FCC Licensed Radio Operator . http://www.aprsat.com/predict.%C2%A0http://packets.aprsat.com/igates%C2%A0 . http://www.spaceCommunicator.club%C2%A0 . Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio, Robotics, and Space Exploration
On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 02:43:56 AM PST, mail@mike-rupprecht.de mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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A great loss for Amateur Radio!
I was fortunate to have met Bob many years ago at a strategy meeting for APRS digipeater operators in southern California.
We'll miss you Bob.
73
Jim Walls - K6CCC jim@k6ccc.org
-----Original Message----- From: mail@mike-rupprecht.de Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 02:43 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] RIP WB4APR It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
R.I.P.
73 Paulo PV8DX
Em quarta-feira, 9 de fevereiro de 2022, mail@mike-rupprecht.de escreveu:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
Very sad to hear the passing away of Bob. I have interacted with him on multiple occasions on topics related to APRS and he would always reply promptly and guide in the right direction. Heartfelt condolences to his family. Rest in peace Bob. Nitin [ VU3TYG]Secretary, AMSAT INDIA
On Wednesday, 9 February, 2022, 04:14:15 pm IST, mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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My Condolences to the family.. R.I.P
EA6TC & K6WTC Joan Morante P.O. Box 111 - Son Ferriol 07198 Palma de Mallorca - Balearic Is. SPAIN
De: mail@mike-rupprecht.de mail@mike-rupprecht.de Enviado el: miércoles, 09 de febrero de 2022 11:43 Para: amsat-bb@amsat.org Asunto: [AMSAT-BB] RIP WB4APR
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites. There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT. My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
Bob Bruninga, one of our best mentors and most creative minds, with Senator John Glenn. Hams around the world (and lots of USNA grads) are better for his being with us. Thanks so much, Bob.
On 09, Feb2022, at 12:32 PM, joan morante ea6tc@outlook.com wrote:
My Condolences to the family.. R.I.P
EA6TC & K6WTC Joan Morante P.O. Box 111 – Son Ferriol 07198 Palma de Mallorca – Balearic Is. SPAIN
De: mail@mike-rupprecht.de mail@mike-rupprecht.de Enviado el: miércoles, 09 de febrero de 2022 11:43 Para: amsat-bb@amsat.org Asunto: [AMSAT-BB] RIP WB4APR
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites. There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT. My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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So sad to hear about our friend Bob.😢😢😢 The APRS community will miss him a lot.
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Em qua., 9 de fev. de 2022 às 07:44, mail@mike-rupprecht.de escreveu:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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I met Bob at the Amsat stall in Dayton five years ago. For a while I stood in awe unable to believe it was him. He turned out to be a such a simple, enthusiastic soul. He was one of those people with who even a two minute interaction leaves you enriched. As I think back, in about 3 meetings with him, he taught me so much about building sats, writing APRS code and even negotiating my way through bureaucracies! The last time I met him was at Amsat symposium in the small exhibit hall. He had a demo of an attitude control system simulator. It was brilliantly simple like all his engineering. The spacecraft hung from a string. The string was suspended from a stepper motor synced to the spacecraft's readings of the magnetic field communicated by a zigbee module. There was somthing that kept his work minimal and yet amazingly engineered. He was a natural mentor who cut through all equations and jargon to show you how to build things quickly and simply. His work in pcsats, hfsat, was simply marvelous. Those few pages on aprs.info were all we needed to build the AISAT. His work is not finished yet. A transponder he had built for APRS is with me that will fly as soon as isro resumes regular launches. He will be sorely missed by so many of us, his work will continue to orbit our planet and our lives. Bye bob, all our love to you. - f
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So sad to hear about our friend Bob.😢😢😢 The APRS community will miss him a lot.
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Em qua., 9 de fev. de 2022 às 07:44, mail@mike-rupprecht.de escreveu:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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Deeply saddened at the loss of Bob. He was my favorite example of a person walking to a different drummer. His successes in getting spacecraft in the amateur bands to orbit when he got them to orbit will probably stand for a long long time.
RIP Bob
On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 4:44 AM mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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RIP Bob.
Stewart Thompson
VE7BQY
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From: Robert McGwier [mailto:rwmcgwier@gmail.com] Sent: February 9, 2022 7:27 PM To: mail@mike-rupprecht.de Cc: amsat bb Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: RIP WB4APR
Deeply saddened at the loss of Bob. He was my favorite example of a person walking to a different drummer. His successes in getting spacecraft in the amateur bands to orbit when he got them to orbit will probably stand for a long long time.
RIP Bob
On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 4:44 AM mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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RIP Bob
Respectively,James Huntki5dq On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 09:46:41 PM CST, Stewart Thompson stewart.thompson@shaw.ca wrote:
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Deeply saddened at the loss of Bob. He was my favorite example ofa person walking to a different drummer. His successes in gettingspacecraft in the amateur bands to orbit when he got them to orbit willprobably stand for a long long time.
RIP Bob
On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 4:44 AM mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It waswith sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as wasColin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There weretimes when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interestingsatellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember agreat time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thankBob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
Mysympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for AmateurRadio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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Wow... RIP, Bob, and my condolences to his family.
I think I still have my original APRS 3-1/2" floppy here somewhere...
George, KA3HSW
On 2/9/2022 4:43 AM, mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
big loss to the community. rest in peace Bob. my condolences to his family.
rajesh/vu2exp
On Wed 9 Feb, 2022, 4:15 PM , mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:
It was with sadness that I learned the news of Bob's passing. He was my mentor (as was Colin, VK5HI) and taught me many things about satellites.
There were times when we were in daily contact. Besides APRS, he left us many interesting satellite projects (PCSAT, PSAT, RAFT, MARS, SAPPHIRE, QIKOM...). I remember a great time when Henk, PA3GUO and I actively supported the ANDE mission. I thank Bob for his confidence in making me the command station of PCSAT and PSAT.
My sympathies go out to his family. Thank you for your life's work for Amateur Radio, Bob. Rest in peace.
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I fondly remember my visits with Bob at the Navel Academy. Rest in peace APR....
73 Jeff kb2m
New to amateur radio, and never met Bob, but his work on APRS is what led me to getting licensed.
Rest in peace Bob.
Dimitrios Simitas VA3DSZ
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Arthur Feller -
Ashhar Farhan -
Dimitrios Simitas -
Eduardo PY2RN -
George Henry -
Greg -
J. Hunt -
jeff griffin -
jim＠k6ccc.org -
joan morante -
Joseph B. Fitzgerald -
mail＠mike-rupprecht.de -
Nitin Muttin -
Paulo PV8DX -
PY5LF -
Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP -
Robert MacHale -
Robert McGwier -
Samudra Haque [TTLLC] -
Stewart Thompson