[CW] Clarence C. Moore was an amateur radio operator with call signs of W9LZX and HC1JB.
D.J.J. Ring, Jr.
n1ea at arrl.net
Thu Jun 13 13:01:21 EDT 2024
One of the first if not only English speaking stations I ever heard.
Radio Habana Cuba was everywhere in those days though, but that's
Caribbean.
Clarence Moore also had a Haiti 🇭🇹 station 4VEH.
This is very interesting to me, but way off topic. Excuse the noise.
http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/HCJB/Articles/HCJB_Pifo_Antenna_Plan.pdf
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DR
On Thu, Jun 13, 2024, 2:20 AM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
> Fascinating history. I worked in professional audio for many years
> and was quite familiar with Crown, both amps and tape recorders but much
> of this history is new to me.
> HCJB was a never fail station. Could be heard when there was mostly
> just noise on the air.
>
> On 6/12/2024 4:58 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> > In 1947 an Elkhart, Indiana minister named Clarence C. Moore developed
> > and patented the cubical quad antenna, patented as US 2,537,191.
> > founded the International Radio and Electronics Corporation (IREC)
> > which, over the years, has become better known as Crown Audio Inc.
> >
> > Moore started by building open-reel tape recorders out of a chicken
> > coop but today, Crown Audio is an industry leader in amplified sound.
> > Crown makes amps for cinema venues, installed sites, touring rigs,
> > portable PA and commercial audio. With over 67 years of focus on
> > innovation and providing the best user experience, Crown Audio is
> > continually raising the bar in audio amplification.
> >
> > Clarence C. Moore, a longtime radio enthusiast, had spent the early
> > part of the ’40s in Quito, Ecuador working for HCJB, a non-profit
> > Christian broadcasting and engineering group. He designed the 500,000
> > watt transmitter used by his station HCJB "The Voice of the Andies".
> > With that kind of power they were heard world-wide especially with the
> > antennas Moore designed.
> >
> > Following his return to the United States, he felt the desire to
> > supply Christian broadcasters like HCJB with quality electronic
> > products. As a result, Moore founded International Radio and
> > Electronics Corporation (IREC) in 1947 and converted a former chicken
> > coop into the budding manufacturer’s first production facility.
> >
> > The company’s early reputation was built on a family of rugged and
> > compact open-reel tape recorders designed to operate reliably when
> > used by missionaries in remote, often-primitive regions of the world.
> > After modifying and distributing several existing models (Magnecord,
> > Recordio, Pentron and Crestwood) for the first couple of years, Moore
> > obtained a patent in 1949 for a groundbreaking invention: the world’s
> > first tape recorder with a built-in power amplifier (15 watts). This
> > invention led the way for several more in the next 15 years. In 1964,
> > the company invented their first solid-state amplifier called the SA
> > 20-20. From then on, the focus switched from tape recorders to
> > amplifiers and the business was quickly growing.
> >
> > Unfortunately, amongst all of the growth and development, a fire
> > erupted on Thanksgiving Day in 1971 and destroyed over 60% of the
> > facility and the remainder of the plant was severely damaged. There
> > was $1 million of uninsured inventory destroyed in the process.
> > However, Mr. Moore wasn’t going to let this disaster stop him now.
> > Production resumed within 6 weeks with the latest of their inventions,
> > the D-60 amplifier.
> >
> > Eventually, Moore’s wife and co-founder, Ruby (deceased 2002),
> > suggested that a name change was in order. Since IREC had by this
> > point produced vacuum tube tape recorders branded ‘Royal’ and
> > ‘Imperial’, in addition to the fact that the emblem on those products
> > was a fancy crown, she felt that the company should simply be called
> > Crown. In 1975, the stockholders voted to change the name of the
> > corporation to Crown International, Inc.
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> SKCC 19998
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