| U.S. Callsigns |
Name |
Claim to Fame |
Notes & Sources |
|
(US & Foreign) |
Various |
****Astronaut and Cosmonaut hams **** ==============================================> |
see astronaut hams |
| K1AC |
Keith Henney |
Author of many classic electronics texts. (ex-K2BH); K1AC call re-issued to "Low Band DX Club" in Arizona; first licensed as 8ZD in Marion, OH in 1915; he was also an editor of "
ELECTRONICS" magazine and of technical books at McGraw-Hill; article w/pix; wrote New Hampshire history books after his retirement; 11 of his technical books listed
here. |
(SK) (died in 1990 at age 94); W2AAB; links & updates W2SG |
| K1ADJ |
Peter Guber |
One of the most successful and powerful producers and executives in Hollywood; see bio |
K1VR |
| K1AKE |
James M. Moran |
Dr. Moran is the "Donald H. Menzel [W1JEX] Professor of Astrophysics" at Harvard, a leading researcher in the field of astronomical masers and black holes. Received "2003 Fellow of the IEEE" award.
Links. |
W2SG |
| 1ANB |
Phillip H. Smith |
inventor of "Smith Chart" used to calculate transmission-line impedance. See bio. See also IEEE
oral history. |
W2SG |
| W1AST |
Harold Dorschug |
Also W8AST; was Chief Engineer for WTIC AM FM TV3, then VP of Engineering Research and Development; Dorschug was one of the two engineers on duty in Master Control the night of Orson Welles' famous 1938
broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." See obit with picture:
here. |
W2SG |
| W1AW |
Hiram Percy Maxim |
Inventor, radio pioneer, early aviation pioneer; ARRL Founder also known as "The Old Man." Full
biography; short bio; a picture of Maxim's 1915 Station (1ZM); his
card; picture of his invention, the firearms silencer (for which he may be more famous than ham radio); Burial
site. |
(SK) 17-FEB-1936 (66); N8EE; updates & links W2SG |
| K1AYA |
Walter "Pee Wee" Hunt |
musician, band leader and recording star; bio; MARA Newsletter
article and another; ham radio
mention; some albums; other recordings; |
(SK) 22-JUN-1979 (72) ; W8SU; update W2SG |
| K1BFG |
Robert A. Payne |
Retired Air Force Brig General, WW II B-17 pilot, POW. See ARRL article; |
W2SG |
| W1BKR |
William F. Baker |
President of flagship public television station WNET, Channel 13 in New York City; see also
QRZ! profile; he previously served a dual role as President of Westinghouse Television, Inc. (from 1979) and Chairman of Group W Satellite Communications (from 1981). |
W2SG |
| W1CCN |
Maj. Gen. Elmer P. Yates (Ret.) |
Nuclear power pioneer in U.S. Army. See article. |
W2SG |
| KA1FZQ |
Lawrence S. Bacow |
President of Tufts University. See "Tufts Online Magazine" article. |
W2SG |
| WB1GCE |
Arthur B. Beal |
At the age of 18 became Naval aviation ordnance chief, one of the youngest to ever achieve this rank. He served on the "USS Ranger" (CV-4), a unique World War II aircraft carrier and infamous "ghost ship" that sank five German ships after Axis U-Boat commander Otto von Bulow believed he had "sunk" her in 1943.
Links. |
(SK) 04-July-2004 (80); W2SG
|
| W1JEX |
Dr. Donald H. Menzel |
Leading Harvard astrophysicist, author, and Director of the Harvard College Observatory for many years. Links. |
(SK) 14-DEC-1976 (75); W2SG |
| K1JT |
Dr. Joseph H. "Joe" Taylor |
Ph. D. in Physics; co-winner with (Russell Alan Hulse, ex-WB2LAV) of 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of binary pulsars. Scientist/Princeton University Dean of Faculty (1997-2003)/James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics; see Nobel
Autobiography; Author of "WSJT" and "JT44" weak signal mode software; official web
site. Bill, KP3O, recently retired from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, designed the filter bank and receiver that Joe used (and still uses) in his research. |
KP3O |
| N1JZS |
Monroe Y. Mann, Jr. |
Author and actor who has appeared in TV series "Third Watch" and "100 Centre Street" ; official web
site. |
W2SG |
| W1KFG |
David W. Borst |
Founder of student-run college radio and the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), at Brown Univ. (WBRU
); IEEE Fellow in the field of power semi- conductor devices. (ex-W2IAU); article w/picture; granddaughter's
eulogy; Brown University Alumni Magazine Online
obituary. |
(SK) 08-DEC-2000 (82); W2SG |
| W1KOO |
Paul E. Hope |
Radioman of the "USS Dorchester," WW2 casualty of the famous Four Chaplains who gave their life jackets to other servicemen. Interesting links and story about the US postage stamp
here. |
W8SU and KK8W |
| K1OKI |
Dr. Michael P. "Mickey" Schulhof |
Former Chairman and CEO of Sony America now runs a private investment firm in New York according to ARRL article;
Ph.D. in Physics; commercialized CD music; interesting "Red Herring" article; "Business Week"
article on his ouster from Sony; |
updates NE2Q and W2SG |
| KA1SA |
Richard S. Lindzen |
Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at MIT; "a leading expert in the physical processes of the atmosphere"; widely published and written about for his contrarian views on global warming and related issues (see,
e.g., The New York Times (6/18/96), Newsweek (7/23/01)); elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at age 37.
Links. |
W2SG |
| W1UHI |
Ernest Wheatley |
Was once known as the "oldest living US ham," died at age 106 in 1993; see "Amateur Radio Newsline"
article. |
(SK) 1993 (106); W2SG |
| 1XS |
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden |
Scientist; prolific inventor; wireless pioneer; licensed in 1928 for 20 meter station in Newton, MA ; made first radio broadcast of human voice and music on Christmas Eve 1906 from Brant Rock on Massachusetts coast; spent final days in Bermuda. Articles and pictures:
here, here, here
, here, here,
here, and here; See VP9F below. |
(SK) 22-JULY-1932 (65); W2AAB; update & links W2SG |
| W1ZE |
Irving Vermilya |
"the first licensed radio amateur in the U.S.A." See "Boston Radio Archives" article; co-founder of
OOTC and its first President in 1948; operator at old "CC", original Marconi wireless station on Cape Cod at South Wellfleet, MA; "Worldradio"
article; his original spark call was "VN"; Another interesting
link: "Amateur Number One," by "VN" from February 1917 QST. |
(SK) JAN-1964 (73); links W2SG |
| N1ZSU |
Ted Ts'o |
Linux kernel developer; personal web site |
VE7RJT |
| KA1ZY |
Dr. Gary B. Ruvkun |
Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital; widely reported groundbreaking researcher in the field of genetics and aging using C. elegans worm, the first live creature to be completely gene-sequenced; Ruvkun Lab web
site, including CV /w pix; personal home page
; description of research at Massachusetts General Hospital; "Harvard University Gazette"
article; |
WA2NGB; links W2SG |
| W2AFX |
Donald G. Fink |
Former President of IRE; first General Manager and Executive Director of IEEE; prolific author and editor of electrical engineering books.
bio; obit; |
(SK) 03-MAY-1996 (84); W2SG |
| K2AGZ |
David A. Mann |
Composer, born David Freedman; wrote hundreds of songs, his most popular perhaps was "There I've Said It Again" -- "was the last #1 hit in the USA before The British Invasion. It was knocked out of 1st place by The Beatles' hit '
I Want to Hold Your Hand.')" according to his "Composers/Lyricists database entry;" "NY Times"
obituary requires registration. |
(SK) 01-MAR-2002 (85); W8SU; update W2SG |
| W2ALS |
Frank Gunther |
Established first mobile two-way police communications system in 1932, opening up VHF mobile spectrum; FM pioneer with Armstrong. See ARRL
article. |
(SK) 31-MAY-1999 (91); W2SG |
| K2AMH |
Robert A. "Bob" Moog |
Founder and President of RAMCO (1953), builder of theremins, as well as many other electronic wonders. His "Moog Synthesizer" became the ad-hoc standard for composers in the electronic media for many years. The landmark album, "Switched on Bach," was composed/performed on his device. See fascinating company archives
site. Links. |
(SK) 21-AUG-2005 (71); via N1ND; KC5EXU; updates W2SG, Jeff Winner (raymondscott.com) |
| WB2AQC |
George Pataki |
No, not THAT George Pataki! This prolific traveler/writer ham is responsible for lobbying Senator Barry Goldwater to sponsor the legislation that eliminated the rule that limited licensing to US citizens only. He also helped supply information that led to the publishing of the first callbook (American Flying Horse) of Soviet radio amateur callsigns. This encouraged other Eastern European radio clubs to send their lists to the CallBook and the secrecy and prohibition was ended! official web
site; refer to my Rumors page for more information.
|
WB2AQC |
| W2ATW |
George W. Rogers |
Famous (infamous) as the chief radio operator on the ill-fated S.S. Morro Castle. First hailed as a hero, he later came under suspicion for starting the fire. See Thomas Gallagher's highly-detailed account, "
Fire at Sea." Later convicted of a double murder, Rogers died in prison in 1958. See article. |
(SK) 10-JAN-1958 (61); W2AAB; link W2SG |
| W2BML |
Dr. Harold H. Beverage |
Inventor of the Wave antenna, more commonly known as the "Beverage antenna." Consulting engineer for RCA for years. Philip B. Peterson
Article. Oral History. |
W2AAB; articles W2SG |
| W2BWC |
Leslie J. Fitzgibbon |
Longtime tennis official and champion; won the National Father and Son Tennis Tournament in 1967; inductee of the Eastern Tennis Assn. Hall of Fame.
Links. |
(SK) 19-SEP-2003 (90);W2SG |
| 2CVJ |
Robert Hart |
Ham who received in his Hartsdale, New York, cellar first transatlantic TV signal transmitted by its inventor, John Logie Baird, from amateur station 2KZ in London on February 8, 1928; three days later, The New York Times compared the feat to Marconi's first transatlantic transmission of the letter "S" in 1901.
Links. |
W2SG |
| K2FX (1) |
Durwood "Dee" Finch |
One of the team of "Klavan and Finch", radio personalities on NYC station WNEW. , W2AAB says "Dee was a super CW op, usually on 40 or 20 meters." (ex-W2SJH); "
DCNY Radio" listing; (K2FX call has been re-issued). |
(SK) 29-MAR-1983; W2AAB; W2SG sent this W2SJH QSL |
| K2FX (2) |
Capt. Paul Kolacki |
Coincidence? Paul currently works for the #1 rated Radio Station in Rochester, NY where his show is also the top rated show on the station; Radio Station web
site; nice personal web site; |
K2FX |
| K2GL |
Hazard E. Reeves |
Invented the stereophonic sound system used with Cinerama; avid radio contester; #1 on "CQ Magazine Contest Hall of Fame." See biographical
notes. |
(SK) 23-DEC-1986 (95); NN4X |
| KB2GSD |
Walter Cronkite |
Former TV Journalist, long-time CBS correspondent, avid sailor. Has an asteroid named after him!
ARRL CD-ROM |
- |
| K2HEP |
John Sculley |
former CEO of Apple Computer. (Callsign lapsed) |
- |
| WA2HVM |
Ronald A. Swoboda |
New York Mets baseball player from long ago. (Callsign lapsed); picture at site with those of many CBS retirees.
|
from Winter "Callbook" magazine 76-77; link W2SG |
| W2IBO |
Robert Miller |
former Chief Engineer, RCA Astro Electronics; now retired. |
K2RCG |
| KC2IJI |
Casey W. Raskob III |
Attorney specializing in traffic violations, featured in "The Learning Channel" documentary "Speed Traps," official web
site; "National Motorists Association" web site. ("NY Times"
article (28-MAR-2003) by Dana White requires registration.) |
K2GW; links W2SG |
| K2JK |
Elmer C. Easton |
former Dean of the Rutgers College of Engineering when W2SG and I went to school there; elected Fellow of ASEE in 1983; received ASEE Centennial
Medal in 1993; |
W2SG |
| WA2JXX |
Gerson Strassberg |
Inventor of the plastic pocket protector. Newsday mini-bio
. |
W2SG |
| W2KFB |
Julian D. Hirsch |
Longtime audio and stereo equipment journalist and engineer, whose consumer reviews often appeared in "Popular Electronics," "Stereo Review" and "Sound & Vision."
Links. |
N3IJW; W2SG |
| KC2KNU |
Daniel J. Peng |
Princeton University Class of 2005 student who ran afoul of the Recording Industry Association of America and settled with them to the tune of US$15,000; if you would like to help, Dan has put a
link online; "Trenton Times" article
; picture and article from "Daily Princetonian." Interesting trivia/note: N2GJ was on the Volunteer Examiner team when Dan passed his ham license!
|
google search |
| WB2LAV |
Russell Alan Hulse |
co-winner with K1JT of 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of binary pulsars; See Nobel Autobiography
. See also note on web site of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. (Callsign lapsed) |
W2SG |
| KB2LHI |
Joe Walsh |
"Guinness Book of World Records" lists him as the "World's Fastest Shooter." See ARRL
article. |
(SK) 28-FEB-2000 (60) |
| W2LX |
Stuart Dubois Cowan |
Co-authored numerous antenna books with Bill Orr (W6SAI); during WWII, following graduation from Princeton, bunked with motion-picture star Robert Montgomery while serving as communications officer aboard flagship destroyer
USS Barton (DD-722) on 06-JUN-1944 (D-Day) screening for invasion fleet at Normandy and supporting troops ashore at Omaha Beach using 80 meter amateur band. Princeton University Class of 1939
obit/memorial; books;
article by Cowan regarding his USN service; |
(SK) 18-NOV-1999 (82); W2SG |
| K2LYS |
Mark Rudd |
Self-styled revolutionary, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) leader and member of the "Weather Underground" in the late '60's and early '70's. Documentary nominated for 2003 Academy Award. (Callsign lapsed)
Links. |
W2SG |
| W2MEZ |
Raymond Scott |
Prolific composer/electronic-music pioneer/inventor (patented a
scanner radio)/musician/bandleader; official web site; actual
clips of some Scott music played on radio broadcasts by K2ORS; (ex-W6TMH in the '70's); "Director of Electronic Music R&D" for famed music mogul Berry Gordy's Motown Record Company; the method of coding that
Raymond Scott developed (claiming it was faster & more efficient than other modes of that period) was called "MorseMatic." |
(SK) 08-FEB-1994 (85); W2AAB; links and email from Jeff Winner to W2SG |
| W2MFW |
Jerome H. "Jerry" Schatz |
Child actor who played the "spoiled rich kid" in the "Our Gang" comedies (credited as Jerry Tucker); see Hiram's Hams Amateur Radio Society web
site; survived injuries sustained on 14-APR-1945 while serving aboard USS Sigsbee
(DD-502) when struck during a Kamikaze attack off Okinawa; see bio;
pix; XYL is Myra, WA2FIW; recent picture. |
K2TV; links W2SG |
| W2MGE |
Martin Block |
Radio personality known for "Make Believe Ballroom" in New York (various listings have it on WABC, WOR, WNEW); "Radio Hall of Fame"
bio; a book entitled "The Hits Just Keep on Coming" by Ben Fong-Torres contains stories, interviews and photos of Block and others from the "Golden Age of Radio." In phone conversation, son Gene told me his father used to identify himself by saying "Wasting 2 Much Good Energy!"
|
(SK) 18-SEP-1967 (~64); W8SU |
| WA2MKI |
Lazarus Louis "Larry" Ferrari |
Musician/TV personality; bio; posthumously inducted into the "Hall of Fame of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia" on 16-NOV-2000.
|
(SK) 20-NOV-1997 (65); W2SG |
| K2MLT |
Walter Steven Taylor |
Vintner/artist/inventor/aviator/poet/auto racing enthusiast and distant relative of P.T. Barnum; interesting "Vineyard & Winery"
article; obit; official web site; court decision barring his use of "Taylor" wine trademark
here; stories behind the lawsuit here and
here; Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum web site. |
(SK) 20-APR-2001 (70); links W2SG |
| WA2NGB |
Paul H. Ginsparg |
Professor of Physics and Computer and Informational Science at Cornell University; 2002 fellow of MacArthur Foundation ("Genius Award"); creator of on-line system for distributing scientific research results, widely known as "
arXiv.org"; as a theoretical physicist, he has made substantial contributions in quantum field theory, string theory, conformal field theory and quantum gravity. Pictures:
link1, link2; MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Award")
article; "Physics Today" article. (Callsign lapsed). |
May 2003 " Scientific American"; links W2SG
|
| W2OJW |
F. Gerald "Jerry" Powell |
New Jersey Ham who is the subject of a book published in April 2003 called "Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio," by Danny Gregory (KC2KGT) and Paul Sahre (KC2KHN); the project grew out of the authors' purchase of his QSL collection at a flea market in Manhattan, after more than 70 years of operation; OOTC # 2964. Book reviews
here, here and
here; we recently received PDF versions of the "New Yorker" review, the "New York Times"
review, "QST" review. Links. |
(SK) 27-FEB-2001 (92); W2SG; click here for my own mini- review |
| KC2ONX |
Dr. Gregory H. Olsen |
Space Tourist and entrepreneur, Dr. Olsen has a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Virginia. He founded Sensors Unlimited in 1991 and sold it five years ago for $700 million.
Photo |
see also: astronaut hams |
| KA2ORK/J3 |
Mark Barettella |
Medical student who was sole source of communication from Grenada during U.S. invasion on October 25, 1983 (now licensed as N2MD).
Links. |
W2SG |
| K2ORS |
Jean Shepherd |
Author/Actor/Radio/TV personality. Links. |
(SK) 16-OCT-1999 (78); W2SG |
| KB2PNN |
Matthew Ahearn |
New Jersey Assemblyman (D-38th District); NJ official site; sponsored NJ amateur radio
legislation; |
W2SG |
| NE2Q |
Jay Kolinsky |
In 1969, invented and manufactured the electronic sirens used on most burglar and fire alarm systems throughout the world . U.S. Trademark "Earsplitter". Holds a number of other
U.S. patents. (ex-WV2BLX, WA2BLX). See Jay's OpEd on p. 95 of Feb. 2003 "QST"; Greater Norwalk ARC; Malm's official web
site |
W1FXQ |
| W2QBO |
Wilson Greatbatch |
Inventor of the cardiac pacemaker; article. "Mars Society"
interview. (Callsign lapsed) |
W2SG |
| W2RID |
John F. Rider |
CEO of John F. Rider Publications, publisher of many radio, electronic, and technical textbooks; books; more
books; picture of "Rider's Perpetual Troubleshooter's Manual" from John Dilks' antique radio web site. |
W2AAB; links W2SG |
| WA2SGC |
Robert M. "Bob" Cusumano |
Jazz trumpet great who played with many big bands and on the Merv Griffin TV show. Links. |
(SK) ??-SEP-1987 (73) W8SU and KK8W; W2SG |
| W2SGG |
Stan Danko |
co-inventor of printed circuits; Smithsonian Web site; Philip B. Peterson
article. |
W2SG |
| W2SKE |
William "Bill" Leonard |
former President of CBS News; wrote famous "Sports Illustrated" article, "Battle of the Hams
." |
(SK) 23-OCT-1996 (78); W8SU and KK8W |
| K2SSQ |
Henry R. Feinberg |
Designed "E.T.'s" communicator in Steven Spielberg's 1982 movie "E.T."; has had a long career as "interpreter of science and technology for the public." See
QRZ! profile; official "E.T." web site w/Feinberg credit; |
W2SG |
| KH2TD/KH2TE |
Jacco & Jannie van Tuyl |
Father and mother of 13-year old Willem; family was attacked on 28-MAR-2000 by pirates wielding AK-47 machine guns off the coast of Honduras; Willem was paralyzed and his emergency care was provided for by K4TCV. ABC News
story; Jefferson City News Tribune article
; "Cruising World" piece; K4TCV "Champ" Award; ARRL one
article and another. |
W2SG |
| WB2TED |
Ted David |
co-anchor of CNBC's "Morning Call"; former ABC News correspondent; CNBC
article. |
W2SG |
| KA2WEU |
Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde |
From the Rohde & Schwarz company; neat QSL;
article on appointment as professor; press release: elected IEEE fellow; official web
site; publications; ARRL book review; |
KF7E; links W2SG |
| W2YHO |
Herman Gross |
Recognized, at age 86, as the World's Oldest Active Scuba Diver. Interesting undersea slide show. (as of 2003)
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| KX2Z |
Anthony Bongiovi, Jr. |
Cousin of Jon "Bon Jovi" Bongiovi. NJ Rock Star! QRZ! Profiled in March 1990 issue of QST at page 46. |
VE7RJT; W2SG |
| K2ZCZ |
George Pataki |
Governor of New York 1994-present. (Callsign lapsed; now re-issued). His brother, Louis, is K2PRB
. Confirmation of Pataki's ham status and call as K2ZCZ" via "ARRL Letter" article and Amateur Radio Newsline
" article. |
links W2SG |
| W2ZGU |
John W. Campbell, Jr. |
Named Publisher of "Analog" magazine in 1938. (See Vol. 1, No. 1, of "73" magazine for highly interesting article on amateur radio); official web
site; Space.com article; Click "Search" and enter his name at this
URL for a very complete bibliography (ignore message 'No data found'; another interesting link. |
(SK) 11-JUL-1971; W2AAB; links W2SG, KAĜAZS |
| W2ZH |
Dr. E. Stuart Davis |
Personal Telegrapher to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Telegraphers museum. Station & personal effects are on rotating display at the Smithsonian. He was a personal friend of W2WU & resident of Union, NJ when he became a SK; original spark call was "4IV"; interesting
article; K2AVJ recollections; |
W2WU; links W2SG |
| W2ZK |
Amory "Bud" Waite |
Radio pioneer, inventor, and Polar explorer, after whom the Waite Islands and Cape Waite are named; rescued Admiral Byrd in 1934. Links: W2DME
article; William L. Fox article; autograph. Postage
Stamp. Google search. |
W2SG |
| W2ZXM |
Capt. Kurt Carlsen |
Survived sinking of the Flying Enterprise, which sank in storm near Falmouth in 1952. Later sailed the world, operating maritime mobile on Flying Enterprise II. (Callsign now re-issued to Wayne, ex-N4OJY); interesting
article. George Csahanin, ex-WB2DYB
now W2DB wrote to say "I can confirm Capt. Kurt Carlsen W2ZXM was a ham, worked him many times after he retired to his home in Colonia (Woodbridge Twp., NJ). He was a member of the Woodbridge Radio Club (
146.22/82 repeater). Saw him many times at meetings. He kept daily skeds with Ben Stevensen W2BXA for many years ." |
(SK) 07-OCT-1989; W2DB; N1VP |
| NR3A |
Michael D. Griffin |
Eminent physicist and space scientist nominated by President George Bush on 11-MAR- 2005, to be the 11th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Ex-AA6BM.
Links. |
W2SG |
| W3ACE |
Armin H. Meyer |
Former US ambassador to Japan, 1969-1971 - oral history; also former Ambassador to Iran, held EP2AM in 1969. He was also the Ambassador to Lebanon.
|
W8SU and KK8W; EP2 info from K9UE; link W2SG |
| WZ3AR |
Nathaniel T. Heatwole |
Guilford College student from Damascus, MD, who is widely reported to have allegedly committed acts of civil disobedience during the third week of October 2003 by leaving skyjack materials (including box cutters and simulated plastic explosives) on two Southwest Airlines planes, resulting in inspection of all commercial US airlines; July 2003 recipient of Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) $1000 Scholarship; his father is N3FX (ex-KB3ENM). (WZ3AR is ex-KB3CBW).
Links |
AA5VU; W2SG |
| W3ATN |
Jules Helzner |
Noted musician, composer/arranger and band leader. credited on a video called "Life Was A Lark"; UPENN
listing; |
W3ATN |
| 3BEC |
Arthur M. Young |
Inventor of the first commercially practical helicopter (Bell Helicopter), as well as philosopher, poet and painter; official web
site. |
(SK) 30-MAY-1995 (89); W2SG |
| N3BIZ |
Dr. Winthrop M. Leeds |
High-voltage circuit-breaker designer and developer at Westinghouse Electric for 44 years; inventor with 100 patents; Fellow of the IEEE; designed the circuit breakers for the Hoover Dam. Haverford College
obituary. |
(SK) 11-MAR-1998 (92); W2SG |
| W3BW |
Brian F. Wruble |
(ex-W4BIE); one of 15 original crew in 1969 of "NR-1", secret Cold War submarine, capable of diving 3000', powered by Navy's smallest nuclear reactor; subject of recently published book; original crew also included LCDR (Ret.) Robert T. Lunt, N3IFF (ex-WA8LBY); ARRL book
review; QRZ! picture |
W2SG |
| W3DCL |
Dr. Michael S. Brown |
Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1985 for discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism; "An amateur radio operating license obtained at age 13 led to a life-long fascination with science."; (callsign lapsed and re-issued); Nobel Award
article; Nobel bio; University of Texas Hall of Fame
inductee; Cheltenham High School Hall of Fame inductee. |
W2SG |
| KB3DE |
Lawson P. "Red" Ramage |
"Red" earned the Medal of Honor after a submarine that he commanded, the USS Parche (SS 384), attacked a heavily-escorted Japanese convoy in the South China Sea off Taiwan on July 31, 1944, sinking two enemy vessels and damaging several others. The Parche's crew received a Presidential Unit Citation, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally presented Ramage with the Medal of Honor on January 10, 1945.
Links.
| (SK)15-APR-1990 (81); W2VX, WE4C, W2SG |
| W3DEF |
Stephen Aug |
broadcast and print journalist (now semi-retired); former business correspondent for ABC News and "Good Morning America"; "Old Radio"
column. (ex-K2EOF) |
update W2SG |
| W3GV |
Frank Dawson Bliley |
founder of Bliley Electric Co., manufacturer of amateur radio, military and commercial RF crystals beginning in 1930; W3GV now club call. See interesting company
history by Charles A. Bliley, K3NAU. (ex-8AGR, 9AXT, 8XC) |
(SK) MAY-1955 (49); W2SG, K3NAU |
| W3HRD |
William R. "Bill" Ruth |
Chief Warrant Officer 4, Maryland Army National Guard soldier who died in the hijacked-jetliner attack on the Pentagon; flew medevac helicopters as a Marine officer during Vietnam War; Gulf War veteran. US Army
obituary. Memorial site.
|
(SK) 11-SEP-2001 (57); W2SG |
| KA3IAX |
Rebecca T. Mercuri |
internationally-known expert on electronic voting & computer security; has been interviewed numerous times in various media; interactive
resume; |
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| K3ISR |
Dr. John H. Joseph |
President of the University of Maine at Machias (UMM); credited with helping to raise the enrollment at UMM during his relatively short tenure (from 2000).
Links. |
(SK) 10-MAY-2003 (60); K2GW |
| WA3MFH |
Lt. Col. Pierre A. Finck, MD |
Forensic pathologist, one of three doctors who performed the controversial autopsy of John F. Kennedy shortly after JFK's assassination. See
transcript of oral history of Dr. McMeekin (K4MUT) referring to Finck's interest in amateur radio, at page 9. Finck's signed statement re autopsy. Finck's
testimony to the Warren Commission. |
W2SG |
| KD3P |
Scudder Georgia |
Medal of Freedom recipient, WWII OSS operative, founding member and senior communications chief of Central Intelligence Agency. Links: Maury Peiperl
W3EF remembrance here; ARRL article;
obit. |
(SK) 26-DEC-2000 (86); W2SG |
| W3PTB |
Perry T. Blum |
WWII POW in Stalag 17. "Stalag 17" was a famous 1953 movie starring William Holden, and the TV series "Hogan's Heroes" was also based on Stalag 17. See Montgomery Newspapers Online
article. |
W2SG |
| W3QKT |
John M. Wolfskill |
Inventor in field of crystal-controlled RF and chief engineer for Bliley Electric Company. See W3GV. bio here. (ex-W8QKT) |
(SK) 15-DEC-1981 (73); W2SG, K3NAU |
| WA3SWS |
Stephen E. Uhrig |
Surveillance expert who appeared with Gene Hackman in 1998 movie "Enemy of the State" ; "Business 2.0" calls Steve "one of the most respected surveillance and technical countermeasure specialists in the world."
Links. |
W2SG |
| WA3VJB |
Paul Courson |
broadcast journalist, reporter, producer -- see "Amateur Radio Newsline" article. |
AE6J |
| W4BUG |
Charles D. "Chuck" Ritchie |
Served two US presidents during his US Army career with the White House Army Signal Agency, where he headed the Press Radio and Television section. (ex-K2GRM).
Links. |
(SK) 13-FEB-2004 (79); W2SG, W4RIS |
| W4BW |
A. Prose Walker |
former head of FCC's Amateur and Citizens Division (1971-75), co-authored CONELRAD plan, IEEE Fellow, and "godfather" of the WARC bands; see ARRL
article. |
(SK) 08-AUG-2002 (92); W2SG sent this W4BW QSL |
| N4CBC |
Lt. Col. John H. DeWitt |
Completed first moonbounce (Earth-Moon-Earth/EME) transmission from Fort Monmouth, NJ, on 10-JAN-1946. Links. |
(SK) 25-JAN-1999 (92); W2SG |
| W4CGP |
Chet Atkins |
Singer/Composer/"Certified Guitar Picker"; (ex-WA4CZD); ARRL obit; |
(SK) 30-JUN-2001 (77) |
| KD4CKM |
Veronica L. "Roni" Bowers |
Baptist missionary killed, along with her infant daughter, when her Cessna 185 float plane was shot down over the Amazon jungle by the Peruvian Air Force, mistaking them for narcotics traffickers; her husband, Jim, (KD4CKN), and their young son survived; various reports are
here, here,
here, and here.
| (SK) 20-APR-2001 (35); W2SG |
| WA4DSY |
Dale A. Heatherington |
PC modem pioneer and co-inventor of "smartmodem" on a dining-room table in 1977 with Dennis Hayes; co-founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products in 1978; subject of detailed article in "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" 23-NOV-2003.
Links.
| W2SG |
| K4EB |
Larry Junstrom |
Bass Guitar player for the rock group 38 Special; official web site; |
K4GZZ; link W2SG |
| K4FW |
Albert R. "Al" Kahn |
Founder of Electro-Voice, which derived its name in an interesting way: Legendary Notre Dame football coach and Professor of Chemistry Knute Rockne needed a device to amplify his voice during practice so his players could clearly hear him. In the late 1920's, Mr. Kahn built him a public address system which Knute referred to as his "Electric Voice." The name stuck. Electro-Voice grew and emerged as a leader in professional audio equipment. K4FW was also instrumental in the founding of Heathkit, supplying it with WWII surplus parts in the late 1940's; in 1968, he founded
Ten-Tec with Jack E. Burchfield, K4JU, now Ten-Tec's President. See biography. Official web
site. (ex-W8DUS, QSL via W2SG) |
W2SG |
| K4GIO |
Col. Jack G. Hines (ret.) |
Retired Army Signal Corps soldier who was signal security officer for President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Yalta
Conference in February, 1945, (where the fate of post-war Europe was decided); signal adviser to Military Assistance Command--Viet Nam a (MACV) in early 1960's; Hines' role is discussed in a
book about the subject; received Legion of Merit
|
(SK) 04-APR-2003 (83); W2SG |
| N4HX |
James R. Bullington |
Peace Corps Director in Niger; holds 5U7JB; as former ambassador to Burundi (ex-9U5JB);
Letter from Niger w/ham pix; President Reagan making Burundi appointment;
Henry Kissinger re Viet Nam service |
KF7E; links W2SG |
| N4HZP |
Henry M. Harrison, Jr. |
aka "Uncle Henry" -- Announcer/emcee of Jim Bakker's "PTL" TV show; See article
. |
W8SU and KK8W; link W2SG |
| K4IC |
Lt. Gen. Thomas H. Miller |
Former head of Marine Corps Aviation; before his retirement in 1979; very highly decorated combat pilot in WWII, Korea and Vietnam, set world's speed record on 5 September 1961 of 1216.78 mph in F-4 Phantom II, for which he received Distinguished Flying Cross.
Links. |
W2SG |
| K4ICA |
Vera Mayree Tallman |
Founder/past president YLISSB System; she also was a nurse and one of the first airline stewardesses for American Airlines in Little Rock, Arkansas; see official YL International web
site; links. |
(SK) 19-JUN-2001 (99); W2SG |
| WA4IUM |
Samuel G. "Sam" Brown |
Broadcast TV and radio news journalist who has received numerous national awards, including the first ARRL Media Excellence Award. "Newstalk99"
article; ARRL article; Columbia University item (with picture). |
W2SG |
| KF4KBT |
Sakura M. Christmas |
"USA Today" 2003 High School All-Stars, first team, Sakura pens two nationally syndicated comic strips, "Bad Advice From Bagnana" and "Laissez Faire," and publishes monthly cartoons in "
Seventeen" magazine; national cartooning winner, "Quill & Scroll Society for High School Journalists;" Presidential Scholar; science club president; math club secretary; teen court defense attorney; does volunteer work with Red Cross as a licensed ham radio operator.
Links. |
- |
| N4KC |
Don Keith |
Birmingham, AL-area ham will soon publish his eleventh novel, a techno-thriller set aboard a nuclear submarine and in the jungles of South America. (ex-WN4BDW, and WA4BDW). Official web
site. New book web site. |
W2SG |
| WB4KCG |
Ronnie Milsap |
Singer/Songwriter; Spoke at Dayton Hamvention, MAY-1998; official web site; |
VE7RJT |
| N4KET |
David T. French |
TV journalist; formerly with CNN; current whereabouts unclear. |
- |
| KD4KMQ |
George B. "Byron" Hill |
Country music songwriter, whose hit songs have been widely recorded by such singers as George Jones, George Strait, Ray Charles, Randy Travis, Anne Murray, Conway Twitty, and Clay Walker, among many others;
official web site. |
W2SG |
| WB4KVB |
Paul Yandell |
Musician (with Chet Atkins) see also - brief bio |
AE6J |
| W4LAA |
Paul Kangas |
co-anchor and financial commentator of Nightly Business Report see NBR web site; see also ARRL
article; Profile; |
K0CBA; links W2SG |
| K4LIB |
Arthur Godfrey |
TV personality (SK); See Arthur Godfrey K4LIB Fan Club; Radio Hall of Fame
bio; |
(SK) 16-MAR-1983 (76) |
| KI4LUH |
Vice Admiral Donald C. Arthur |
35th Surgeon General of the Navy; Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Links. |
AI4ME & W2SG |
| WD4LZC |
Larnelle Harris |
Country/Christian Music Singer. Seven-time Grammy winner; official web site. |
K4GZZ & W2SG |
| WB4MCJ |
Carl Rochelle |
Former CNN and ABC news correspondent; Mini-bio on the McGinn Group web site. Was seen filing a report on the military buildup in the Middle East on NBC Nightly News 08-MAR-2003. Recently under contract to MSNBC as a Pentagon correspondent.
|
W2SG, WA3VJB |
| W4MWW |
Kenley M. Lanter |
(ex-N4DTI), one of only 317 survivors of the torpedoing on July 30, 1945, of the cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), which went down in the Philippine Sea with 1196 sailors and Marines, the worst naval disaster at sea in
U.S. history, shortly after it delivered the first atomic bomb to Tinian Island, from where it was later dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by K4ZVZ. Lanter spent almost five days floating in the deepest waters of the Pacific, surviving unbearable heat, hunger, thirst, exhaustion, hypothermia, dehydration, shark attacks (which alone killed some 200 of the men), delirium, hopelessness and unimaginable hardship. God bless him and all his shipmates. The recent best-seller, "
In Harm's Way," by Doug Stanton, is a definitive history of the disaster. Links. |
W2SG |
| WA4PBG |
Montie Fowler Cone |
Obituary in the Washington Post said he was a former assistant director of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). See Silent Key
article from ARRL. |
(SK) 24-AUG-2002 (95); K2GW |
| KG4RGN |
Larry L. Wheeler |
Ham who saved life of 83-year old Walter C.Siebert (K3KBR) on 7/15/03, when Wheeler received Siebert's distress call on 75 meters, after a 911 call went unanswered; the story is being made into a segment for "PAX" network television show "It's a Miracle," which was scheduled to be televised in February 2004 (according to an article in the 12/15/2003 issue of the "Daily Press" Virginia).
Links. |
W2SG |
| N4RH |
Ralph A. Haller |
former FCC Personal Radio Bureau chief; currently a consultant with Fox Ridge Communications - see web
site; |
links W2SG |
| N4RJR |
Vice Admiral Frank O'Beirne |
Flew with Colonel Charles Lindbergh as member of Navy's early aviation stunt team; was squadron commander of 12 PBY-3 patrol planes at Pearl Harbor on 7-DEC-41, all of which destroyed or disabled; CO of carrier
USS Midway after WWII; directed first test of air-to-air rocket missiles at Sandia labs in NM in 1957; member of Joint Chiefs Staff; commanded Atlantic Fleet's Naval Air Forces;
obituary; official Navy picture as a Lt. (j.g.) on 16-AUG-1929;
Picture showing dramatic scenes of N4RJR and 1957 atomic tests ("Plumbbob") at Sandia. His wife Grace is buried beside Frank and their daughter, Anne, at Arlington National Cemetery. |
(SK) 19-OCT-1998 (94); W2SG |
| N4RVE |
Steven K. Roberts |
Author of the book "Computing Across America" and famous for his bicycle operations complete with "all-band" ham radio station. Lately he's been busy with other TechNomadic projects. He got quite a bit of world- wide media coverage about a decade ago, when he was traveling around America with his monstrous recumbent bike; (ex-WN4KSW, KA8OVA). Links.
|
Ari OH7KA (Finland) |
| KD4SYB |
Carlos Luis Caceras |
One of three United Nations relief workers killed by a mob of militiamen in West Timor, Indonesia, on September 6, 2000;
article. eham.net article official web site; see listing below for 9A4SP.
|
(SK) 06-SEP-2000 (33); W2SG |
| KB4TM |
Michael R. Starling |
Vice President for Engineering at National Public Radio. Official bio. |
W2SG |
| K4TPJ |
David Funderburk |
former US Congressman (R-2nd Congressional District of NC -- 104th Congress), former US Ambassador to Romania during Reagan Administration. See
bio. |
W2SG |
| WB4TUN |
Duncan W. Mackiernan |
brother (and sometime colleague) of Douglas S. Mackiernan (also a ham), said to be CIA's first atomic spy, who was shot in 1950 by Tibetan border guards while fleeing Communist Chinese. Their story is the subject of recent book, "
Into Tibet." Check out this recent MIT article; and
this, from the "NY Times". |
W2SG |
| W4TXL |
Zachary "Zach" Reynolds |
Son of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company founder; QSL card
; call re-issued to his brother-in-law, Bill, the current holder of W4TXL. Bill reports that "Zach got me into ham radio in the early 60's." Bill also told us that "Zach died in a plane crash in North Carolina in 1979."
|
W8SU and KK8W; link W2SG from K0CX and email from W4TXL |
| WA4UDB |
Luke H. "Jack" Montgomery |
Co-founder of WSM radio in Nashville, TN, in 1922, and engineered first broadcast of the Grand Ole Pry in 1925; built first US commercial FM station in 1938; early pioneer of the pacemaker and IRE Fellow for developments in medical electronics; assistant professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; (ex-WA4ADF);
obituary; |
(SK) 12-OCT-1998 (91); W2SG |
| W4USR |
Dennis J. Had |
Founder of Dentron Radio Company, Ameritron, and Cary Audio Design; picture at official web site. (ex-K8KXK) |
W2SG |
| KG4UYY |
James L. "Lance" Bass |
'N SYNC pop singer and cosmonaut wannabe. "Amateur Radio Newsline" article. |
W2SG |
| W3VCG |
Martin L. Kaiser, III |
Electronic security and countermeasures expert. Subject of interesting story at link. |
WA3SWS |
| KB4VJG |
Tommy Tucker |
Band Leader and network radio host; bios here and here; |
(SK) 13-JUL-1989 (81); W8SU; links W2SG |
| AC4VW |
Gordon Barnes |
Meteorologist (ret.); (ex-KC4OCA); see also biography. |
AC4VW |
| W4WRO |
Emory L. Gordy, Jr. |
Country music record producer and husband of country-music singer Patty Loveless (nee Patty L. Ramey, KD4WUJ). See "Amateur Radio Newsline"
article.; also ARRL Letter. |
N8PUU, AA7OA; links W2SG |
| KD4WUJ |
Patty L. Ramey |
AKA "Patty Loveless"; Country Music Singer (Her Agent) and
(mini-bio); sang "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" w/George Jones at 1997 CMA Awards telecast; her husband is record producer Emory Gordy, Jr., W4WRO. |
AA7OA; N8PUU |
| KR4XL |
Captain Richard R. Stark |
Assumed command of "Ohio"-class/"Trident" nuclear submarine "
USS Kentucky" (SSBN 737) on 15-SEP-1994. Very nice personal web
site. |
W2SG |
| N4ZFM |
Robert E. "Zack" Turner |
Country music songwriter, who has been widely recorded, including "High-Tech Redneck," written with Byron Hill (KD4KMQ) and sung by George Jones.
Lyrics and audio clip for High-Tech Redneck (mentioning CB and shortwave but not ham radio!) |
W2SG |
| W4ZG |
Worth Z. Gruelle |
Son of John Barton " Johnny" Gruelle, the originator of the "Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy" series, and who continued the tradition, along with his siblings. (Callsign lapsed and re-issued).
Links. |
(SK) ??-APR-1997 (84); W2SG |
| K4ZVZ |
Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets |
World War II Hero; Pilot of "Enola Gay" the B-29 aircraft which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan at 8:16 AM on 06-AUG-1945, resulting in the end of World War II.; (callsign lapsed "due to hearing problems" according to Gen. Tibbets' email.) official web
site; Jacob Beser, ex-W3NOD, was the radar countermeasures officer on the mission. |
AA7OA; link and email W2SG; W3NOD citation via AA7OA |
| W4ZVZ |
Colonel William M. Long |
World War II Hero; P-51 pilot who was credited with shooting down 3 ME-109's over Germany after becoming separated from his squadron; he also led a successful B-24 bombing raid over an airport south of
Paris just before D-Day (article); later became the US military attaché to Turkey before retirement; awarded the Legion of Merit and 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses; avid MARS member.
|
(SK) 24-MAR-2003 (83); K2GW; links W2SG |
| W5ACT |
Andrew J. Wallace |
TV weatherman who played NOAA Weather radio operator in Warner Brothers' movie "Twister"; ex- KC5GHH; Mini-bio
. According to AD5WS, "Andy's previous call sign was WX5LAW when he lived in Lawton, OK and worked for KSWO-TV (from 1992 to 2003). He now lives in Waco, TX and works for KXXV-TV and KRHD-TV." |
W2SG; AD5WS |
| W5BQU |
Byrl H. "Tex" Burdick, Sr. |
Reputed to be "oldest [living] ham in the US"; turned 103 years old on 25-SEP-2003. Links. |
W2SG |
| W5CY |
Howard Robard "Sonny" Hughes, Jr. |
Inventor, Pilot, Hollywood producer, America's first billionaire; IMDB says his nickname was: "The World's Greatest Womanizer"; biographical links:
here and
here; 1927 film produced by Hughes, "Two Arabian Nights," is one of only 3 Academy Award winning films unavailable for viewing. Click
here to see why! |
(SK) 05-APR-1976 (71); N8EE and W8SU; links W2SG |
| KK5DON |
Donald A. Smith |
High-profile Texas cameraman/reporter/producer for NBC and CBS News; was CBS News cameraman who shot the burning of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, where AB5KZ and AB5LA died.
Links. |
W2SG |
| WD5DVR |
Mike Ross |
US Congressman (D-Arkansas), believed to be only other
ham now in U.S. Congress (with WB7OCE) (as of 3/7/2003); see ARRL News
article; official web sites here, here and
here |
W2SG |
| NT5E |
Curtis W. Robb |
President and Chief Executive Officer for Delta Technology, Inc., serves as Chief Information Officer for Delta Air Lines, Inc. at its world headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Corporate
bio. |
NE2Q |
| K5FLU |
Martin F. Jue |
President of MFJ Enterprises, Inc., which he founded in 1972. Official web site. Pictures
here (speaking), here (Martin on left), and here (plant).
|
W2SG |
| KA5IFV |
John McCalmont |
Actor who appeared in movies "Acts of Love" and "The Evening Star," and on the TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger";
resume. |
W2SG |
| N5IN |
Dr. Ronald A. Stordahl |
Founder, CEO and Chairman of Digi-Key Corp., one of the top ten U.S. electronics distributors, named for the digital electronic keyer that he developed and marketed while obtaining his Ph.D. in electrical engineering. (ex-K0UXQ); official web
site; Corporate profile; Dayton 2002 Hamvention
picture |
W2SG |
| W5IXP |
Col. William A. Gresham |
Army Colonel who retired after 34 years, with three Legion of Merit medals; postings included Army Attaché in Argentina, as well as Military Attaché in Nepal, where he was base radio contact with Father Marshall Moran (9N1MM) in 1963 for first successful
U.S. Mount Everest expedition; co-founded America Nepal Society on 05-JAN-1967;
obituary; |
(SK) 21-DEC-1998 (79); W2SG |
| W5KL |
Brig. General Leland W. Smith |
U.S. Marine Corps. (retired); President Emeritus of QCWA; President of OOTC; first licensed in 1930 as W4AGI, later as W4YE while serving in Atlanta, GA; both former calls now held by his sons!
Links. |
(SK) 15-FEB-2004 (90); W2SG, AG4ZB |
| AB5KZ |
Jeffrey C. Little |
Branch Davidian who died during FBI/BATF raid at Waco, TX; See FBI report; "QST"
article; pathology report (in PDF format); (ex-KJ5HJ). |
(SK) 19-APR-1993 (31); W2SG |
| AB5LA |
Douglas Wayne Martin |
Branch Davidian who died during FBI/BATF raid at Waco, TX; (ex-KJ5HK). "QST" article
; pathology report (in PDF format); |
(SK) 19-APR-1993 (42); W2SG |
| W5MAP |
Robert A. Broding |
Leading inventor in field of oil exploration, who made major contributions regarding sonic logging; bio; |
(SK) 20-APR-2003 (86); W2SG |
| W5MUG |
Floyd Teetson |
Retired ARRL Delta Division Director and his wife Winnie, WN5YTR, (69) were slain in a robbery in Louisiana. See "Amateur Radio Newsline"
article. |
(SK) 22-FEB-1996 (74); W2SG |
| K5PSG |
Peggy Sue Gerron-Rackham |
The namesake of the late Buddy Holly's 1957 "rockabilly" hit "Peggy Sue"-- Rackham went to high school with Holly and later married the drummer in his band, "The Crickets." After participating in special event station W5B she was excited enough to want to get her ham license! (ex-KE5AKW)
Links. |
WA6FAH; W2SG |
| W5QN |
Wilbur "Bill" Dearing |
Member of the "oldest US ham" club, according to the ARRL, having replaced George "Dewey" Wilson, W7HF, who died at age 102 on 08-JUL-2000. The ARRL mistakenly (?) thought at the time that no other living US ham was born in the 19th century. ARRL
story. |
(SK) 20-SEP-2000 (101); W2SG |
| W5STD |
Leo J. Potvin |
WWII communications officer for Admirals Halsey and Nimitz. See article on Northwest Louisiana Amateur Radio News. |
W2SG |
| KD5VNP |
Barbara R. Morgan |
Next NASA "educator astronaut" due to fly into space; her predecessor and best friend, Christa McAuliffe, was killed in the Challenger shuttle disaster in 1986; Morgan was McAuliffe's back-up; Morgan was licensed in March 2003.
Links. |
W2SG |
| KC5VWK |
Richard J. Abruzzo |
World famous balloonist. Links. |
W2SG |
| K5ZC |
Jay Maynard |
That "Tron-suit" guy who keeps showing up on the "Jimmy Kimmel Show!" Link. |
WD0ACD |
| 5ZJ |
Ralph W. Goddard |
Cousin of pioneering rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard; first head of EE dept., and, later, dean at New Mexico State University where he created world's most powerful college radio station (KOB) in 1920, and first radio station in NM; electrocuted while working there on New Year's Eve. Station now named after him (KRWG-FM). NMSU
history; Las Cruces history and
timeline; |
(SK) 01-JAN-1929; W2SG |
| WA6AAA |
Bryan K. Joseph |
writer/TV series creator of "Adam-12", "Three's Company", and others |
KK8O |
| 6AE/6FT/6WH |
Frederick E. Terman |
Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University for many years. Author of "Radio Engineering" - for many years the standard text. According to
article, Dr. Terman held the callsign 6FT. He also held 6WH: see Stanford Amateur Radio Club W6YX history. Picture and memorial
link. |
W2AAB; 6FT/6WH info W2SG |
| WB6ACU |
Joe Walsh |
Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter/Eagles; official site |
W2SG |
| WA6AEH |
John A. "Johnny" Zell |
Musician, solo trumpet player for Lawrence Welk. He is still active in ham radio and has his own band in the LA area. QRZ! profile
/pix; |
KN6NS |
| W6AQ |
Dave Bell |
Movie producer; (ex-W6BVN); See brief bio. Dave's
picture. |
W2AAB; links W2SG |
| K6ARO |
William A. Wilson |
first U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. At his suggestion, the Knights of Columbus donated new equipment to the Vatican amateur radio station HV1CN. See
article. |
W2SG |
| K6BBC |
Tony Randel |
Hollywood director of "Hellraiser II (1988)" among others; black belt in Kenpo Karate; His former callsign, WA6LGW, is heard over a shortwave radio in this and two other films he worked on! see:
IMDB |
KK8O |
| KB6BES |
Peter H. "Pete" Lovio |
Played tenor sax in early Frank Zappa band, "The Omens," circa 1958-62. (callsign lapsed) Story contained in 20-FEB-2004 edition of Los Angeles Daily News (Antelope Valley). Frank Zappa link mentioning Lovio:
here |
W2SG |
| 6BHI |
Dr. Harold A. Zahl |
Military electronics and radar pioneer who invented Zahl radar tube used throughout WWII, beginning with early detection of attack on Pearl Harbor. See: SMECC
article; "InfoAge" article; Philip B. Peterson article. |
W2SG |
| K6BJ |
John L. Reinartz |
Early radio pioneer, inventor, North Pole explorer. Very nicely done memorial web site. (ex-JL, 1XAM, 1QP)
|
(SK) 05-OCT-1964 (70); W2SG |
| WA6BND |
Stephen G. "Steve" Wozniak |
Co-founder of Apple Computer in 1976; bio; interesting "Q&A"
piece where Wozniak confirms he had his ham license by 6th grade; speech crediting "Tom Swift" novels and ham radio as early influences. (ex-WV6VLY (novice call); (callsigns lapsed); See also
picture. |
W2SG; W4RIS |
| K6BP |
Bruce Perens |
Maverick software engineer with movie credits on "A Bug's Life" and "Toy Story 2"; Linux guru. See "Linux World"
article. Claims to be driving force behind international "no-code" movement; official web site; (ex-WA2TNM) |
W2SG |
| KD6BUP |
James M. Treybig |
Son of former Tandem Computer CEO; father is W6JKV. As of latest updaes, no longer listed in FCC database. |
KE6DIO; update W2SG |
| W6CGD |
Clyde E. Wiegand |
Renowned physicist who worked on Manhattan Project and present at first detonation of atomic bomb; See
obituary. |
(SK) 05-JUL-1996 (81); W2SG |
| K6DGN |
Keith A. Wester |
Emmy Award-winning sound engineer; earned Oscar nominations for his work on "The Perfect Storm," "Armageddon," "Air Force One," "Black Rain
," "The Rock," and "Waterworld." See Norwich (CT) Bulletin article
. See also IMDB details. |
(SK) 01-NOV-2002; W2SG |
| W6DOE |
Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender |
Prolific musical-instrument inventor, including the legendary Telecaster and Stratocaster Fender electric guitars. (callsign reassigned several times).
Links. |
(SK) 21-MAR-1991 (81); W2SG |
| K6DUE |
Roy Neal |
Late TV personality/producer; retired NBC News correspondent; major expert in spaceflight and science; starred in ham radio videos.
Links. |
(SK) 12-AUG-2003 (82); W2SG |
| K6DXK |
Ernest P. Lehman |
Writer, Producer, Actor, Director; won Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement 25-MAR-2001. Links. |
(SK) 02-JUL-2005 (89) ; WBĜABM; WR6WR |
| K6EWP |
General Eugene E. Habiger (Ret.) |
Former commander in chief, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, NE. See official bio. |
KK8O |
| WB6EWU |
John Draper |
In the late 60's and 70's he was known as the notorious 'phone freak' "Captain Crunch" aka "Crunch." Famous for his use of the telephone 'blue box' - a device for defeating the telephone company's long distance billing equipment (the device was built by an engineer friend of his.) While serving a sentence related to his phone freaking activities, John wrote the EasyWriter word processing program - the first popular word processor for the IBM PC. John has remained close to his longtime friend, Steve 'the Woz' Wozniak. Co-founder of
ShopIP. Official web site. (Callsign lapsed) |
K0RGR; confirmed by email from John! Additional info from "C.R." |
| W6EZV |
General Curtis LeMay |
Military legend - also held callsigns K3JUY/K4RFA/K0GRL; see also SAC archives note. Neat
article about his callsigns! official bio; LeMay was also an unsuccessful vice presidential candidate on the 1968 ticket with George Wallace. Famous quote: "The President can make you a General, but only communications can make you a Commander."
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(SK) 03-OCT-1990 (84); update W2SG |
| N6FUP |
Stu Cook |
Bass player with Creedence Clearwater Revival. Married to N6GGM. See article. |
K4GZZ |
| W6FZZ |
Samuel F.B. Morse III |
great-grandson of the inventor of Morse Code, as well as a famous painter of the time; still listed as licensed, although born in 1902! |
W2SG |
| W6FY |
Ben Moses |
Emmy-winning writer and TV/movie director and producer, who produced 1987 movie "Good Morning, Vietnam" (ex-W6TJR, W2GGV). QRZ!
profile/pix; personal Web site; movies; |
W2SG |
| WD6GBZ |
Chris Justice |
Inventor, holder of several patents; Chief Engineer of C. Crane Company in Fortuna, CA; biographical info; |
Leman Marcus |
| N6GGM |
Laura Cook |
XYL of N6FUP. |
K4GZZ |
| WA6HHQ |
Eric Swartz |
COO and co-founder of Elecraft LLC in 1998 with Wayne Burdick, N6KR. Member of ARRL Industry Advisory Council (IAC); official web
site; brief bio. |
W2SG |
| N6IWP |
Anthony Ray |
reportedly rap star Sir Mix Alot; see official web site |
KB2NOW |
| AE6J |
Timothy "Gaines" Hagelganz |
Bass Player in the world famous rock group Stryper; (ex-K6WLS).
Interview. |
AE6J; W2SG |
| KC6JCQ |
John H. Reynolds |
Professor Emeritus of Physics at Berkeley; "father of extinct radioactivities," who worked at the intersection of physics and geology, applying the use of isotopes to make fundamental advances in plate tectonics and the pre-solar origins of meteorites, including "stardust"; developed widely adopted potassium-argon dating methodology, which, among many other things, permitted accurate construction of the timeline of human development from the fossil record at Olduvai Gorge in Africa.
Memoriam; |
(SK) 4-NOV-2000 (77); W2SG |
| W6JKV |
James G. "Jimmy" Treybig |
Founder and former CEO of Tandem Computers (1974-1996); current Chairman of the Board of ClearCommerce - site
; W6JKV official web site; brief bio with picture; son is KD6BUP; |
W2SG |
| K6JLY |
Larry Josephson |
Long time Public Radio host/producer/manager/engineer, Peabody Award Winner, and producer for "Bob & Ray" radio shows. The Radio Foundation
article. (Callsign lapsed) |
W2SG |
| W6KHJ |
Beau Weaver |
Radio Personality and voiceover specialist - brief bio & picture; see official web
site; |
AE6J |
| WQ6L |
Steven H. Goldberg |
CEO of Arcwave, Inc.; company web site; bio and
picture; |
W2SG |
| KB6LQR |
Jeana Yeager |
Pilot/Adventurer; Voyager 'round the world flight 1986;
bio; NASM picture. |
links W2SG |
| KB6LQS |
Dick Rutan |
Pilot/Adventurer; Voyager 'round the world flight 1986; Also Vietnam Ace, after Voyager
flight, ran unsuccessfully for Congress; See "Amateur Radio Newsline" article. |
update/links W2SG |
| KC6LXQ |
Anthony S. "Tony" Valdez |
Award-winning TV and radio journalist in Los Angeles. B
io |
W2SG |
| AI6M |
Barry Friedman |
2-time World Champion Juggler with Raspyni Brothers |
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| KI6M |
Stewart B. Gilliam |
Comic and TV personality, (ex-WD6FBU). Unexplained mystery: FCC listing has Mr. Gilliam born 10 years earlier than his publicity releases have him! Contrast
QRZ!; (born 1933), his IMDB listing, and this from TV TOME
. |
W8SU and KK8W; W2SG |
| WB6MID/8R3 |
Albert Touchette |
Member of Peoples Temple at Jonestown, Guyana, who reportedly took part in the airport ambush of California Congressman Leo J. Ryan, killing him and four others, before dying with Rev. Jim Jones and over 900 others in mass suicide on 18-NOV-1978.
Links. |
(SK) 18-NOV-1978 (24); W2SG; QSL K8CX |
| WA6MOS |
Joseph Pevney |
Director of numerous movies (e.g., "Man of a Thousand Faces"; "Away All Boats"; "Tammy and the Bachelor") and many TV shows (e.g., "Star Trek"; "The Munsters"; "Mission: Impossible"; "Bonanza"; "Fantasy Island"; "The Fugitive"); also an actor (
e.g., "Street With No Name"). Short bio; IMDB entry;
Movies; TV Shows. |
W2SG |
| W6MRC |
Donald S. Passman |
Entertainment lawyer who represents Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and R.E.M. See Harvard Law
article. |
W2SG |
| K6MYC |
Michael B. Staal |
Pioneered many ham designs and products, especially, antennas, as 1960s-80s owner of now-defunct KLM. Known for excellent antennas, amplifiers and other radio products. Now with (since 1980s) M2 Inc. antenna company;
M2 Systems, |
KM6CE |
| W6NAZ |
Lenore Jensen |
NBC radio drama actress; World Radio columnist; founding member of YLRL; appeared in ARRL films (ex-W9CHD, W2NAZ). See KA7ITT. See
obit. Very interesting mini-bio at "Where Are They Now? LARadio.com" site. (Listed under 1st married name, Lenore Kingston.) |
(SK) 05-MAY-1993 (79); W2SG |
| N6NHG |
Kevin Mitnick |
once known as the infamous "Darkside Hacker" recently released from prison; official web site; |
VE7RJT |
| W6NL |
Dr. David B. Leeson |
Founding Chairman and past CEO of California Microwave, Inc.; Consulting Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University; IEEE Life Fellow; author of "Physical Design of Yagi Antennas
," published by ARRL; (ex-HC8L, ex-W6QHS). Links. |
W2SG |
| KO6NM |
Michael L. "Mike" Dorrough |
Audio engineer and inventor, recipient of many awards in the music industry; has developed new techniques for high-quality enhanced AM audio ("Advanced Modulation System"); official web
site; entertaining RealAudio clip; brief
story w/pix after winning the NAB award in 2000; brief bio w/pix after winning Emmy for lifetime achievement in 2000. |
W8SU; W2SG |
| W6OBB |
Art Bell |
Syndicated radio personality; (ex-W2CKS). Links. |
Leman Marcus; W2SG; W6MKU |
| KB6OLJ |
Paul J. Cohen |
Stanford University mathematician; in 1966 he was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Moscow for his fundamental work on the foundations of set theory
bio; biography.com
entry. (Callsign lapsed) |
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| N6OTW |
Sidney Padrick |
TV repairman who claims to have flown in an alien flying saucer on January 30, 1965. Hey, what people won't claim to do to get on this list!
Picture, one account and another account. |
W2SG |
| KD6OY (or KQ6KA) |
Garry Shandling |
Actor/Comedian/Writer/Producer. According to one correspondent "He no longer has an interest in ham radio." Another correspondent reports that Mr. Shandling is keeping his license current. Shandling is reported to have studied Electrical Engineering in college. See matching birthdays,
here and here. |
K4GZZ - updated with callsign by W8SU and KK8W; W2SG |
| W6PUC |
George Teraoka |
US citizen kept in Japanese internment camp during WWII. See Sacramento Bee article
. Amazingly, a 1996 poll revealed that 60% of Americans were unaware of the Japanese-Americans' internment. |
W2SG |
| WA6PUK |
Milton T. "Bill" Putnam, Sr. |
Widely recognized to be "father of modern recording." Links. |
(SK) (1920-1989); W2SG |
| KE6PZH |
Marlon Brando, Jr. |
Actor; (pseudonym Martin Brandeaux) - (see also FO5GJ); bio; in this "Larry King Live"
transcript from 07-OCT-1994, Brando confirms his interest in ham radio in response to a caller's question.
Links. |
(SK) 01-JUL-2004 (80); VE7RJT; K4GZZ; links W2SG, G4DCV |
| W6QUT |
Freeman Gosden |
Actor; most famous role was "Amos" of the old "Amos 'n' Andy" radio show; Official web
site; the show is a Radio Hall of Fame inductee; |
(SK) 10-DEC-1982 |
| W6QYI |
Cardinal Roger M. Mahony |
Archbishop of Los Angeles, the largest Catholic Diocese in the U.S. "Though he communicates with God through nature, prayer and celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, he often communicates with others on an amateur radio frequency as a ham radio aficionado with the call letters W6QYI" says
article.
Picture of the cathedral and his residence with yagi antenna on tower. Recent photo. |
W2SG |
| W6QYT |
Oswald Garrison "Mike" Villard, Jr. |
Renowned RADAR and SSB pioneer, RF engineer, Stanford University researcher, and technical author; son of the publisher of "The New York Evening Post" and "The Nation." (ex-W1DMV).
Links. |
(SK) 07-JAN-2004 (87); W2SG |
| W6RCL |
Alan S. Kaul |
NBC News producer, including for NBC "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw," "Today" Show, and MSNBC. Official web
site. His personal ham radio site highlighting his love of QRP operation.. |
W2SG |
| WB6RER |
Andy Devine |
Actor; Hualapai Amateur Radio Club in Kingman, AZ, adopted the callsign and operates a number of special events. See official web
site. The Mohave Museum of History and Arts has an excellent bio. |
(SK) 10-FEB-1977 (71); links W2SG |
| N6RLM |
Joseph C. Antrim |
WWII C-47 pilot of lead plane that carried 101st Airborne ("Screaming Eagles") into battle on D-Day through darkness, fog and heavy ground fire to Drop Zone at Ste-Mere-Eglise, re-supplied "Operation Market Garden" in Holland, and brought desperately needed supplies to the besieged 101st Airborne at the Battle of the Bulge. See the widely acclaimed HBO movie series "Band of Brothers." Obituary published in the 11 January 2004 issue of "The San Diego Union-Tribune."
Links. |
(SK) 22-NOV-2003 (88); W2SG |
| WN6RNR |
Priscilla Paris |
Member of the Paris Sisters -- recording artists in the 60's whose most famous song, "I Love How You Love Me" has become a favorite of many; fan web
site; tribute site; bio with pictures; record
reviews; |
W8SU, KK8W; links W2SG |
| W6RR |
Gordon S. Marshall |
founder of Marshall Industries, philanthropist, WWII bomber pilot; recently gave $35M to USC. See "Amateur Radio Newsline"
article. |
W2SG |
| W6SP |
Col. John W. Browning |
decorated fighter pilot who was "father" of military satellites and former AMSAT board chairman; See "Amateur Radio Newsline
" article. See AMSAT obituary; |
(SK) 03-JAN-1996 (72); W2SG |
| KB6TAM |
David B. Clark |
Oldest person to sail solo around the world, at age 77 in 2001. Links. |
W2SG |
| WA6TWX |
D. Kent Cullers |
blind physicist portrayed in Warner Bros. movie "Contact," manages "Project Phoenix" for the Institute for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (
SETI); People magazine article. |
W2SG |
| 6UK |
John Huston |
Famed film director, screenwriter, actor. See Huston's autobiography, "An Open Book" - picture between pp. 88-89 shows Huston at his spark station. The call "6U" is just visible on the picture! A circa-1920 callbook confirms the call and name; fan
tribute; MSN bio; see also IMDB
entry. |
(SK) 28-AUG-1987 (81); W2AAB; update/links W2SG |
| W6UK |
Alvino Rey |
Radio/TV/Records, reportedly invented the electric guitar; OOTC# 1047; ex-6UE; article with picture and bio; Walt Maxwell, W2DU, played trumpet in Rey's band in the 40's according to this
article. Obituary in the "New York Times" 27-FEB-2004.
QSL. |
(SK) 24-FEB-2004 (95); W8SU; links & updates W2SG; QSL from W8SU |
| KC6VHG |
Anthony J Thorsson |
aka "Desmond Crisis" on Cnet television program. Links. |
W3RAZ; W2SG |
| N6VXH |
Charles H. "Chuck" Smith |
President and CEO of SBC Pacific Bell/Nevada Bell (now known as SBC West). See this
and this. (ex-KC6EFA). Smith confirms he is a ham radio operator -- which got him his first job with the telephone company -- in a recent interview appearing in the November 2, 2003, edition of the "San Francisco Chronicle," where he also mentions his callsign, N6VXH.
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K2GW; updates W2SG |
| K6WLZ |
Irene Kelly |
Singer/Songwriter; official web site. XYL of AE6J. |
AE6J |
| K6YBV |
Robert Scott "Bob" Ringwald |
Jazz pianist, bandleader, father of actress Molly Ringwald; official web site. |
W2SG |
| KE6YGN |
Shari Belafonte Behrens |
Daughter of film great, Harry Belafonte; actress/model/photographer & author; same date of birth;
bio (confirming her married name as Behrens). Official web site. |
W8SU and KK8W; link W2SG |
| N6YOS |
Priscilla Presley |
Actress. She was listed in the 1990 call book under her maiden name Beaulieu. Held two calls KC6IWA & N6YOS. DOB checks out; interesting "Sunday Times (South Africa)"
article in which Malcolm de Beer (ZS6MAL) claims to have "worked Priscilla Presley in a pile-up!" Links here and
here that give same birthdates as QRZ! and Buck. (Callsign lapsed in 2000) |
confirmedK4GZZ andW8SU and KK8W; links W2SG |
| W6ZH |
Herbert Hoover, Jr. |
Son of U.S. President/Callsign now held by the grandson of the President, Herbert "Pete" Hoover; licensed in 1921 as 6XH at Stanford University and as 3ZH in 1922 in Washington, DC. QSL cards
here and here via NX7U. |
(Jr.: SK) Pete is alive & well in CA; update W2SG |
| 6ZK |
Arthur E. Bessey |
very early ham pioneer in the 1900-1920s era; first ARRL Director from West of the Mississippi River; nice
article that refers to KD6SU! |
KD6SU; link W2SG |
| W7AEA |
Max Bice |
Famous for work in radio and television/former National Association of Broadcasters board chairman and state chairman for the federal Emergency Broadcast System; see ARRL
obituary; |
(SK) 18-NOV-2002 (86); W2SG |
| W7DUK |
Nolan Bushnell |
Inventor, Computer Pioneer, Founded Atari. biography.com entry. (Callsign lapsed - info from 1958 Callbook);
interview where Bushnell mentions his call; another
interview w/picture, mentioning ham neighbor teaching him electronics; |
links W2SG |
| KD7ELR |
Charles W. Missler |
Founder of "Koinonia House" Ministries. Religious author and speaker. bio |
NX7U |
| W7EQI |
Greg Walden |
Oregon Congressman see http://www.house.gov/walden/ (as of 3/7/2003) - believed to be only other ham now in U.S. Congress (with WD5DVR); see
article. (ex-WB7OCE) |
K3ZO/HS0ZAR; W2SG |
| KA7EVD |
Donnie Osmond |
YES! This is the Donnie of "Donnie and Marie" fame. See "Amateur Radio Newsline"
article. (Callsign lapsed). He is NOT WD4SKT, as cited by many other "famous hams" sites. Please see my "Rumors
" page for more info. |
W2SG |
| KA7ITT |
Cynthia "Cindy" J. Wall |
Prolific author of ham-radio related novels for young readers; stepdaughter of W6NAZ. Some books: here
and here. |
W2SG |
| K7JIH |
Benjamin Hoskin Paddock |
Alleged bank robber; was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List (#302). "QST" published an FBI warning about Paddock during the 1970's. According to the FBI history at this
link, Paddock was added to the list: 10-JUN-1969, and was arrested on 05-MAY-1977. He was removed from the list because he no longer fit the criteria for the "Top Ten" list. Current owner of the call is a Presbyterian minister!
|
W2AAB; email from K7JIH to W2SG |
| K7JPD |
Jeffrey P. Duntemann |
Author; (ex-KG7JF); official web site. |
K7KR; link W2SG |
| KE7LK |
Lt. Col. Francis J. Murray |
USAF pilot; flew high-altitude CIA spy planes; was first to photograph seizure of USS Pueblo by North Korean gunboats on 1/26/68. Connie Pardew
article. |
W2SG |
| N7ML |
Craig M. "Mike" Lamb |
Founder of AEA Electronics. See "Amateur Radio Newsline" article. |
W2SG |
| NA7NA |
Klein S. Gilhousen |
co-founder of QUALCOMM; inventor and pioneer in digital wireless technology; recently donated $5M (largest-ever gift) to Montana State University. See MSU Foundation
article. (ex-WT6G) |
W2SG |
| KC7NHZ |
Col. Susan Jane Helms |
First female crew member of International Space Station and first female ham to operate from there. bio link and picture w/credits:
here. See also astronaut hams. |
W2SG |
| K7NYD |
Judge Roger G. Strand |
U.S. District Court Judge for Arizona, (Reagan appointee, 20-AUG-1985); see mini-bio. |
W2SG |
| W7PO |
Arthur W. "Bill" Guy |
Widely published and honored expert in field of bio-electromagnetics and microwave technology; Fellow of IEEE, International Microwave Power Institute and American Association for the Advancement of Science. (ex-W7KHC). ARRL RF Safety Committee cv
link. |
W2SG |
| K7TA |
Clifford P. Stoll |
Scientist/Author/Actor; See "A Cuckoo's Egg"; featured speaker at 1995 Dayton Hamvention; See "
Amateur Radio Newsline" href="http://www.arnewsline.org/newsline_archives/cbbs915.txt" target="_blank">article; |
W2SG |
| NK7U |
Joe Rudi |
Baseball player; bio ; nice
article from Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU. |
K2GW; W2QOB |
| WA7UBS |
Dr. Charles W. Polzer, S.J. |
Leading expert on Spanish colonial history and Jesuit missions in the Southwest (northern New Spain); curator of ethno history at the Arizona State Museum and faculty member at the University of Arizona; award-winning author of more than a dozen books.
Links. |
(SK) 04-NOV-2003 (72); W2SG |
| K7UGA |
Barry Goldwater |
late US Senator/vociferous friend of amateur radio. (ex-6BIP and K3UIG - his Washington, DC, callsign); QSL card
. Special Event Station QSL card. In China, QSL card
. |
(SK) 29-MAY-1998 (89); QSLs K8CX & W2SG |
| WA7UKR |
Bary R. Bertiger |
VP & General Manager of Motorola's satellite systems group; inventor of Motorola's Iridium satellite mobile phone system; See
article; Jim Barlow opinion piece. (Callsign lapsed) |
W2SG |
| K7USJ |
Steven L. Herman |
Award-winning broadcast journalist, correspondent and author, now based in Tokyo; also holds calls 7J1AIL (Japan) and T88SH (Palau). Official web
site; bio and pix. |
W2SG |
| KB7UV |
Andrew "Andy" Funk |
Four-time regional Emmy Award winner for news-casting and technical achievements at Fox5 News (WAGA-TV) in Atlanta. See
resume; radio club W5AGA site. |
W2SG |
| NV7W |
Clark S. Robinson |
Professor Emeritus of Physics at University of Illinois; specialized in high-energy physics and made many significant contributions to the design and construction of particle accelerators; declared persona non grata by the Soviet Union, after becoming an expert on Soviet nuclear technology and spending much time in Russia and East Europe on scientific-exchange programs; worked on secret Radar project during WWII with Dr. Harold Zahl (6BHI). (ex-KA7YYH) (NV7W lapsed and reissued).
Links. |
(SK) 07-APR-1998 (80); W2SG |
| N7YA |
Adam S. Taylor |
bass player for the rock group "Industry"; official web site |
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| N7ZIM |
Gary W. Zimmerman |
Former Oregon U. football player whose stellar career with the Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings has earned him eligibility for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See Eugene, Oregon "Register-Guard
" article by Ron Bellamy. |
W2SG |
| 8CR |
Powel Crosley Jr. |
A pioneer in radio broadcasting. His company became the world's largest radio manufacturer, he was known as 'The Henry Ford of Radio'. At one time his radio station was the most powerful radio station in the world, WLW @ 500,000 watts, 1934. Official web
site. |
KZ8ZZ |
| WD8CUF |
George E. Terwilleger |
Former Ohio State Representative -- 2nd House District (Warren County) (1991-2000); official web site (and
another); see Hiram's Hams Amateur Radio Society web site; |
W2SG |
| WA8DZP |
Dewayne L. Hendricks |
Wireless Internet pioneer; member of FCC's Technological Advisory Council; CEO of the Dandin Group. See CV
|
W2SG |
| W8GZ |
Loren G. Windom |
John Kraus, W8JK, actually invented the "Windom" antenna (see this "Buck" Rogers' update on the original 1929 article) but named it after his friend, W8GZ; Windom also held W8ZG; licensed as 8ZO in 1922 in Columbus, OH. OOTC #1758
|
(SK) W2AAB, updated W8SU, KK8W; link W2SG |
| W8JK |
John Kraus |
Astronomer and noted antenna designer (8JK array, corner reflector, and circular polarized endfire helix; also author/publisher.
Picture and dedication; related books; His bio mentions that his first call was 8AFJ. ARRL Obit
here. |
(SK) 18-JUL-2004 (94); N8EE; links W2SG |
| W8KBF |
Samuel M. Hevener |
Avid WWII radio equipment collector who sold radios to MGM for use by Nicholas Cage in 2002 movie "Windtalkers." See
Sun Newspapers article. IMDB added a "Trivia" item to their listing at our suggestion.
|
W2SG |
| KC8KVF |
Sharon M. Spencer |
Sole member of the West Virginia state legislature (D-Kanawha, 30th District)) who is a ham. Links. |
W2SG |
| 8NH |
Emma Candler |
Reputedly first female radio amateur, licensed in January,1915 in St. Mary's, Ohio. Links: ARRL Web; Donna Halper
article; Nancy Hall (KC4IYD) first YL's article;
picture of station in 1916; |
W2SG |
| W8OK |
Francis J. "Frank" Schwab |
"Mr. Hamvention" -- Founded Dayton Hamvention in 1952 with John Willig, W8ACE; CQ DX Hall of Fame member; WWII radioman on destroyer USS Ingersoll (DD-652) for over two years; OOTC#2495 (ex-W8YCP).
Links. |
(SK) 30-MAY-2003 (77); W2SG |
| W8PAL |
Al Gross |
Communications Pioneer/Inventor of the "walkie-talkie"; inventor of the Citizens' Radio Service aka "Citizens' Band." First CB was on 450 MHz, where GMRS and FRS are located now. See "
RF Design" article and 2) IEEE article;
obit; QSL card and photo; |
(SK) 21-DEC-2000; W2SG; QSL K8CX |
| WD8PQS |
George A. 'Dutch' Leonard |
Late leader of the Kroger stores and Red Cross philanthropist; Cincinnati Post obituary mentions his interest in ham radio.
|
(SK) 22-AUG-2002 original addition from K2GW; update W2SG |
| 8XK |
Dr. Frank Conrad |
"Father of radio broadcasting," with first broadcast on 17-OCT-1919, from home in Wilkinsburg, PA; NPR broadcast
transcript; Hammond Museum web site; Dr. Russell Naughton's article; James E. Brittain/IEEE
article. Philip B. Peterson article; Elizabeth McLeod
article "Which Was the First U.S. Radio Station?" |
W2SG |
| K8ZDA |
Jeffrey T. Ferriell |
Professor of Law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, OH.
Bio and official web site. |
W2SG |
| W8ZR |
James C. Garland |
President of Miami University (OH). Avid collector of vintage amateur radio equipment. See article. |
W2SG |
| 9ALD |
Edgar F. Johnson |
Founder of E. F. Johnson Co. in Waseca, Minnesota, a leading manufacturer of amateur and commercial transmitters through the 1970's.
Links. |
(SK) 11-FEB-1991 (91); W2SG |
| W9DKI |
Dr. Donald L. Walters |
Professor at US Naval Postgraduate School in Dept. of Physics; trustee of J.S. Kilby Digital Millennium and grandson of Jack Kilby's "Elmer." See W9GTY listing and QRZ!
profile; C.V.; |
W2SG |
| 9DRV |
David Packard |
Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard. Link. |
(SK) 26-MAR-1996 (84) |
| K9EID |
Robert G. "Bob" Heil |
Audio engineering guru; pioneered live-sound industry in 60's and 70's with the Grateful Dead, the Who, Joe Walsh (WB6ACU), Peter Frampton, et al.; awarded first "Pioneer Award" by Audio Engineering Society in 1995; founded Heil Sound esp. PROLINE Division devoted to high-performance audio
products; QRZ! picture; |
KB7UV; links W2SG |
| N9FZX |
Dr. Paul A. Flaherty |
Co-inventor of the Alta Vista Search Engine; See QRZ!; Usenet
post; ARRL Letter Vol 25, No 16 notes his passing. |
VE7RJT; (SK) 16-MAR-2006 |
| W9GFZ |
Grote Reber |
One of the earliest pioneers of radio astronomy, died 20-DEC-2002 (SK) in Tasmania. Pioneering paper at this URL. W9GFZ is now held by the NRAO Amateur Radio Club in Socorro, New Mexico; brief
bio and publications; obit; |
ARRL Letter; links W2SG |
| W9GTY |
Jack St.Clair Kilby |
Recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for invention of the integrated circuit; credits amateur radio for his interest in electronics leading to invention; call recently re-issued to J. S. Kilby Digital Millennium at
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, with grandson of childhood friend of Kilby's who was his "Elmer," Dr. Donald H. Walters (W9DKI), the trustee! Links:
bio; entry into ham radio - and here; oral
history; Year 2000 Nobel Prize winners; Nobel autobiography
|
W2SG |
| W9JS |
Clyde C. "Rich" Richelieu |
"The Banjo Man," famous banjo maker who was recently elected to the National Four String Banjo Hall of Fame, and who performed on national TV shows; as a ham, relayed re-supply requests for Admiral Richard Byrd during his trek to the South Pole in 1928-29. (Callsign had lapsed by time of his death).
Links. |
(SK) 09-OCT-2003 (94); W2SG |
| KB9KV |
Edward J. Andrew |
Former Chairman, and son of founder (Dr. Victor J. Andrew), of Andrew Corporation, manufacturer of commercial, industrial and governmental communications systems and antennas;
philanthropist; corporate history and
profile; another profile; |
W2SG |
| N9LC |
George H. Sweigert |
Received patent for invention of cordless telephone in 1969 (ex-W8ZIS);
obituary; |
(SK) 23-FEB-1999 (79); W2SG |
| K9QVL |
Robert P. Hanssen |
Former FBI agent and convicted spy. See links here and
here. |
various sources; links W2SG |
| N9RHY |
William "Bill" J. Ward |
Indiana policeman received "Radio Hero" award for arresting two youths suspected of murdering two Dartmouth College professors in 2001. See ARRL
article. CNN story. |
W2SG |
| 9TH |
Karl Hassel |
Founded Chicago Radio Laboratory in 1919 with 9ZN, Ralph H. G. Matthews; CRL became Zenith Radio Corp. in 1923. "Zenith" name derived from their call letters (Z-NiTH);
story; |
W2SG |
| WB9VPG |
Delbert Neil Rapp |
Widely reported to have been the youngest licensed ham in the world (at age 5), as well as now youngest QCWA member (at age 32). See
QRZ!. Picture and Illinois hamfest/QCWA article. |
W2SG |
| W9WNV |
Dr. Don Miller |
Intrepid DX-peditioner. Check out interesting item on Miller at this URL. Freed from prison, now has AE6IY. |
W2AAB, K3ZO/HS0ZAR |
| W9YZE |
Harry A. Turner |
Held Morse code speed record at 35 wpm set with a hand telegraph key on November 9, 1942, while in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, for which he was listed in the Guinness Book of Records beginning in 1981; OOTC# 1961. Tony Smith G4FAI
article; ARRL obituary; |
(SK) 21-DEC-1994 (88); W2SG |
| 9ZN |
Ralph H. G. Matthews |
Founded Chicago Radio Laboratory in 1919 with Karl Hassel, 9TH;. CRL became Zenith Radio Corp. in 1923. "Zenith" name derived from their call letters (Z-NiTH).
story; "InfoAge" article; picture of Zenith
radio. |
W2SG |
| AA0AX |
Dr. William B. Morgan |
Tuskegee Airman; See article. (ex-KA0ZNU). |
K2GW; updated links W2SG. |
| N0AX |
H. Ward Silver |
Author of "Ham Radio for Dummies," expected to be available in 2004 from Wiley Publishing; a "QST" editor and author of the ARRL's "Radio Puzzler." (ex-WB0GQP).
Links. |
W2SG |
| W0BB |
Edward J. Bock |
Former President and CEO of Monsanto Co., who chose engineering over playing pro-football with the Chicago Bears, after being named All-American lineman at Iowa State University in 1938. Elected to National Football Hall of Fame in 1970. Obit in 8/2/04 St. Louis Post-Dispatch.(ex-W0EKT).
Links. |
(SK) 31-JUL-2004 (87); W2SG |
| W0BC |
Wade H. Williams Jr. |
Founded Associated Radio right after WWII, retiring in 1991. He had over 1000 hours of flight time over the Pacific routes in WWII and has contributed to amateur radio in many ways. His last commercial product was the BC-Matcher a small mobile antenna matcher. Official web
site; QRZ! profile; |
(SK) 21-APR-2003 (81); Bill Williams (son) |
| W0CBL |
Lester Dent |
Prolific pulp-fiction writer of the 1930's and 40's. See article about George Pal collaboration on "
Doc Savage." Also: collection. |
(SK) 1959 (54); W2SG |
| W0CXX |
Art Collins |
Founder of Collins Radio. QSL card; Call adopted as
Club Call; bio; QSL card. Memorial QSL
card. |
links W2SG; QSL K8CX |
| KC0DNB |
Martin R. Burnham |
Christian missionary held hostage by terrorists with his wife, Gracia, and others for more than a year in the Philippines, before being killed during a rescue attempt by Filipino troops. Articles
here, here,
here, and here. |
SK 7-JUN-2002 (42); W2SG |
| K0DQ |
John Scott Redd |
Ret. Vice Admiral, former chief of all Naval forces in Persian Gulf ('94-'96), responsible for withdrawal of UN forces from Somalia; licensed as A92Q in Bahrain. He is the Chairman, President and CEO of the NetSchools Corporation, a high tech education company headquartered in Atlanta, GA. See
bio. Dayton Hamvention picture. In 36 years of active duty, Redd commanded eight organizations, led the re-commissioned Fifth Fleet and held several senior policy positions at the Pentagon.
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W2SG |
| K0DWC |
Gen. Francis "Butch" Griswold |
Famous leader of the Strategic Air Command w/Curtis LeMay. Helped get K0AIR on the air; bio link. |
W1JD. |
| N0EAJ |
Nicholas Johnson |
FCC Commissioner during the Johnson and Nixon administrations. See official web site; |
W2SG |
| W0FQY |
Carl E. Mosley |
Founder of Mosley Electronics Inc., long-time manufacturer of antennas; OOTC# 0480; ex-9BOJ; Official Mosley Electronics Inc. web site
; QSL card front and rear from K4BKD. |
(SK); K4BKD; link W2SG; |
| N0HFF |
William G. "Bill" Pierpont |
Author; wrote "The Art and Skill of Radio-Telegraphy" now available in several languages and considered by some as the definitive guide to radiotelegraphy;
see SK info ARRL Letter. former Chief Scientist at Beech Aircraft and Biblical scholar; (ex-W9BLK); Google cached
obituary. |
(SK) 20-FEB-2003 (88); W2SG |
| K0HWY |
Gordon L. "Tex" Beneke |
Lead tenor sax player for Glenn Miller orchestra/movie actor -- see also IMDB bio; (ex-W2CKD); his wife was W2EHR (Callsign lapsed); See ARRL
article; |
(SK) 30-MAY-2000 (86) |
| KB0KUB |
William "Bill" P. Hyde |
Baptist missionary who was one of 21 killed by terrorist bomb at Davao City airport in the Philippines. See Int'l Herald Tribune
article; and Washington Times article; see SK info ARRL letter. |
(SK) 04-MAR-2003 (59); W2SG |
| W0LTE |
Andrew A. "Andy" Andros |
Co-founder of Hy-Gain Electronics in 1949 with brother Ted, W0URN. ARRL obituary with picture here. |
(SK) 23-JAN-2001 (76); W2SG |
| KB0MDX |
Heather D. Hollenbeck |
Beauty contest winner, Miss Topeka 2000 and contestant and delegate for Miss Kansas. ARRL
story w/pix. |
W2SG |
| K0SNW |
Harry J. Pearce |
Chairman of Hughes Electronics Corporation since May, 2001; Mr. Pearce was elected vice-chairman of General Motors on 01-JAN-1996;
bio with picture. Hughes Electronics bio; |
W2SG |
| W0SX |
Kenneth J. Wessels |
Recently appointed Chairman and CEO of Strong Capital Management Inc., having some $40 billion under management, after controversial resignation of founder Richard Strong; former Chairman of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) in 1990, and member of its Board of Governors; numerous personal details, including ham radio, reported in "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" of December 14, 2003. (ex-WW0W).
Links. |
W2SG |
| WB0TVL |
James A. Whittaker |
As WWII POW in Burma, he helped build The Bridge over the River Kwai. Minnesota American Legion article. |
W2SG |
| W0UGP |
Lt. Col. Edward Wiik, Ret. |
Pioneer in establishing standards for pollution control in Minnesota. Obituary. |
(SK) 11-JUL-2003 (88); K2GW |
| N0UJR |
Greg Trook |
N0UJR Cartoons. Very funny, ham radio-related cartoons! Greg N0UJR
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