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Karl Berger, W4KRL, relayed the following message from Bob
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Bruninga.
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For those that don't know him, Bob was an early member of AMRAD.
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He got me involved with the club in the mid-seventies when we were
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both working in Reston with an organization called DCEO. He was a
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Navy lieutenant and I was a civilian engineer, but we were both hams,
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and that was what brought us together. He was the first operator of HEX,
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the Handicapped Educational Exchange, a computer bulletin board
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that was equipped to handle TTY calls (a method of communications
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used by the deaf) and a Bell-103 modem. I took HEX over and expanded it when Bob was reassigned to Japan. He was also the inventor of APRS, which I assume you all know about already.
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From: aprssig <
<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org</a>> On Behalf Of Robert Bruninga
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Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2020 4:00 PM
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To:
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Subject: [aprssig] WB4APR off line till march
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WB4APR will be offline for a month.
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I found a soft ball size tumor in Oct. After 22 procedures and Dr visits, they have done ever increasing invasive biopsies and even Cancer center at Johns Hopkins cannot still identify. And they cannot do anything until they can identify the type and how to treat it. But now that it is the size of a football in my lower abdomen, They have scheduled major surgery on Monday to take it out anyway along with other stuff it is touching.
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I must deliver PSAT3 for launch by 28 Feb. Its not ready. So I hope recovery is possible quickly so I can finish. It is identical to PSAT2 function but without the stupid 5v/4v power mistake.
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So, no personal emails please till I come back on line.
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Bob, WB4APR
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