[Boatanchors] LYSCO Trivia

[Bill Stewart]

After acquiring several Lysco Transmasters, over the last few years, I have often wondered where the name came from. Also, I haven't been able to find out much about the company history. I recently received a copy of a Lysco catalog, dated Jan 1951. After looking over it a few times, nothing much really popped out at me. However, a few days ago I happened to look at it again. The front cover has sketches of an airplane, boat, car and a radio tower/shack, depicting the possible uses of Lysco equipment. In fine print, on each of the sketches, were call letters. They were as follows and the 1959 call book yielded: W2ANW - LYdon; W2NEL - Schmidt; W2DRA - Scott & W2JJR - Lawrence. All were located in Rutherford, NJ. Looks like a good bet that 'Lysco' probably came from their last names. I've been wondering about that for a good while....ain't trivia interesting? 



The only thing I know is they had a plant in Hoboken, NJ and East Rutherford, NJ. Can anyone add anymore about these guys and/or Lysco? 



73 de Bill K4JYS