[Elecraft] OT: According to the paper Don Herbert passed away

[Brian Lloyd]

On Jun 14, 2007, at 6:54 PM, AJSOENKE at aol.com wrote:

> Mr wizard was such a strong influence on most of us growing up in  
> the 50's
> and into 60's it's worth mentioning here.

No kidding. I loved that show, that and, "Science Fiction Theatre!"

> FYI all listening to George
> Nauri(sp?)  he did an interview with Don two years ago when he was  
> 87yrs old. George
> rebroadcast the interview a few nights ago - very good. Also  
> mentioned that Mr
> Wizard did a stint on Nicolodeon and there is a set of DVDs out  
> with his more
>  recent shows.  It was noteworthy that Don did his programs live  
> and there
> were a number of interesting times when things didn't always work  
> out the  way
> the were supposed to.
>
> My dad was a HS Science teacher for 35 years and I have since  
> retired from
> Aerospace Engineering but have kept my teaching job of twenty years  
> in a local
> HS - Electronics and Computers. Our next years classes will include  
> building
> Ham  rigs (guess which ones)

Maybe we should start the "Schools that use Elecraft" club. :-)

73 de Brian, WB6RQN
Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com