Hello ALL -

        It is with a heavy heart that I inform my colleagues on

the ARRL Board of the passing of Bill Tynan, W3XO, of Kerrville, TX.

I have received news that Bill passed peacefully on Tuesday

August 7th.

       First licensed as W3KMv in 1946, Bill was a past President of AMSAT

and conductor of "The World above 50 MHz".  Bill was a life member of

the ARRL and AMSAT, a member of the Board of Directors for SMIRK,

and a member of the Radio Club of America and the Hill Country Amateur

Radio Club.

   According to his wishes there will be no services.  A auto-biographical

summary of his radio experiences can be found at www.kerrhams.org/W3XO.pdf

A message that has been passed along in the VHF reflectors indicate that

Mattie, his wife, is being helped by her brother and is doing better.

                    Respectfully,

                               - Kermit Carlson W9XA