ATM Re: Houghton Comments`

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Roger wrote:

>>>I have to tell you that it was the various [Houghton] articles in the 
early issues of
ATMJ that got me interested in the design.  So your work has had some
effect!  Thanks a lot for all you've done to promote ATMing!<<<

Thanks for the kind words. It is true I have been beating the Houghton bushes 
for years. However, were it not for the late Bob Cox introducing me to the 
design through a 1978 article in ASTRONOMY, I would have had no bushes to 
beat -- I'm not that original. Bob was a great fellow. I miss him.

Regards,

Bill
editor / publisher, Amateur Telescope Making Journal
www.atmjournal.com