[GreenKeys] List of notable Amateurs

Jim Haynes jhhaynes at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 1 22:50:23 EDT 2019


On Sat, 2 Nov 2019, Dave Horsfall wrote:

> KH6IJ		Katashi Nose, radio columnist and former physics professor 
> (SK)
I used to work him frequently on RTTY in the late 1950s

> W6NRM		Robert Weitbrietch(?), physicist, developer of TTY for deaf 
> (SK)
Weitbrecht, was also W9TCJ when employed at Yerkes Observatory
> W6ZH		Herbert "Pete" Hoover III, grandson of US Pres (call 
> re-issued)
One of my favorite QSL cards
And his father Herbert Hoover II previously held that call sign
> 		Fred Gwynn ("Herman Munster") (SK)
> 		Violinist of LA Philharmonic (or is this W2TDY?)
> 		Dr. Russell Hulse, co-shared with K1JT (lapsed)
> 		Elke Sommer's husband
> 		Edwin Armstrong, inventor of FM, superhet etc (SK)
> 		Very Rev Dr John Flynn OBE, founder of Flying Doctor (SK)
> 		James Clark, founder and chairman of Silicon Graphics
> 		Clive Robertson, Australian radio host
> 		Dr Amar Bose (Bose Audio)
> 		Cliff Arquette aka Charlie Weaver, appeared on Jack Parr TV
> 		Shaquille "Shack" O'Neal, NBA star (uses "Bill" when on air)
> 		I. I. Rabi, Nobel Prize Winner
> 		Founder of Hallicrafters Radio (SK)
Bill Halligan

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