It is with great sadness that AMSAT reports the passing of one of its founding directors andcharter members, William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO.Bill passed away peacefully at his home on Tierra Linda Ranch in Kerrville Texas, on August 7,2018. He was 91. Bill was born October 12, 1926 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County,Minnesota. Throughout his adult, life, he left an indelible mark on Amateur Radio with a longlist of “firsts” since becoming licensed as W3KMV in early 1946. Indeed, Bill was in theforefront of Amateur Radio’s growth and importance in many ways. His singularly distinctiveaccomplishments to our Radio Service were, quite literally, “out of this world.”
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