[Hallicrafters] Bob Orwin Hallicrafters chief engineer during 60's

[David C. Hallam]

I have two pieces of equipment that were worked on by Bob Orwin while he was
in the business of equipment repair.  One is a HT-32B and the other is a
Johnson Invader 2000.  The HT-32B was mine when he worked on it and I still
have his letters and notes concerning his work.

I acquired the Invader 2000 a couple of years ago.  It came with a folder
full of paper work.  In it I found notes from Bob about repairs to it as
well as many pages of correspondence from Johnson concerning factory
modifications to the Invader transmitters as well as modifications to the
testing and alignment procedures given in the owners manual.

David
KC2JD/4

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Duane
> Fischer, W8DBF
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 7:56 PM
> To: Jim Liles; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Bob Orwin Hallicrafters chief engineer
> during 60's
>
>
> Hello Jim,
>
> I have contact info for Bob. I spoke with him several years ago
> during the
> Saturday HHI Net on 40 meters from a nursing home that he was
> living in. He
> was about 85 years of age then, but keen, alert and very communicative.
>
> Unfortunately, and I am "VERY" opposed to this!, the management of said
> nursing home forced him to give up using his Ham radio gear. Now
> why in the
> cosmos didn't the Hams in that part of Illinois raise heck about
> on of the
> pioneers in the field of radio being denied the right to even use his Ham
> equipment? That is more than an insult, it should be criminal.
>
> I must ask you why you wish to contact him Jim, before I can release the
> contact info. Nothing personal.
>
> Another close friend of Bob's, is Bill, W9PSU.
>
> Duane W8DBF
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
> dfischer at usol.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Liles" <james.liles at comcast.net>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 8:41 PM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Bob Orwin Hallicrafters chief engineer
> during 60's
>
>
> >I am looking for information regarding Bob Orwin who was Hallicrafters
> >chief engineer during the 60's.  Kindest regards Jim K9AXN
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