[CW] Clarence C. Moore was an amateur radio operator with call signs of W9LZX and HC1JB.

[Bob]

I grew up near Elkhart IN. Clarence was also involved in local AM/FM
commercial broadcasting — WCMR, WXAX, WFRN. I believe the 3rd generation of
the Moore family run the existing Crown and broadcast enterprises.

Bob KA9MDP

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 10:02 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> 73
> 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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