[Boatanchors] RE: Swan

[Garey Barrell]

I knew it was too easy.......   That's what I get for relying on memory.

Merrill Swan, W6AEE was a RTTY guy.   Didn't SWAN go through several 
incarnations with Cubic and Atlas?  Or is that the same memory fault......

Sorry for the error.  Guess I better stick to Drake!

73, Garey - K4OAH
Atlanta

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Terry O'Neill wrote:
> >From Herb Johnson's obit:
>
> Herb Johnson was born November 10, 1920, in
> Pittsburgh, PA. The son of Swan and Ruth Johnson, he
> spent his childhood in Astabula, OH. A lifelong
> amateur radio enthusiast, he designed his first radio
> at age 14, and at age 15 earned his amateur radio
> operator's license.
>
> After moving to Benson, AZ, he founded Swan
> Engineering (later, Swan Electronics) in 1961.
> Originally working by himself out of his garage, Herb
> created a line of radios that became a favorite of
> amateurs around the world. Herb chose the brand name
> "Swan" in memory of his father, whose name in his
> native land of Sweden, was "Sven". Upon arrival in the
> USA, his name was Americanized to "Swan".
>
>
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