AMSAT's Vice President of Engineering,
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, passed away on March 26 at age 55 after battling
cancer. His many contributions to amateur satellite technology included
designing the software for the Software-Defined Transponder (SDX) that was used
on ARISSAT-1 in 2011.
AMSAT announced the appointment of Jerry Buxton, NJ0Y, to
succeed Monteiro as Vice President of Engineering; and Steve Coy, K8UD, a board
alternate, has assumed Tony's seat on the AMSAT Board of Directors.
