[HCARC] Fwd: [SFDXA] Henry Radio Los Angeles Founder Ted Henry, W6UOU, is 100

[DON MURRAY W4WJ]

FYI.  

73 Don W4WJ

From: Bill <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Subject: [SFDXA] Henry Radio Los Angeles Founder Ted Henry, W6UOU, is 100
To: 'SFDXA Reflector' <sfdxa at mailman.qth.net>, QCWA <qcwa69 at mailman.qth.net>

    Henry Radio Los Angeles Founder Ted Henry, W6UOU, is 100

03/02/2020

Henry Radio Los Angeles founder Ted Henry, W6UOU, turned 100 years old 
on January 25. The fascinating Henry family history in amateur radio 
marketing and manufacturing dates back to the late 1920s.

The original Henry Radio shop, started by Ted’s brother Bob Henry, 
W0ARA, opened in 1927 in their hometown of Butler, Missouri, selling 
equipment and parts for the then-new ham radio hobby. The store stayed 
in business until Bob Henry died in 1985. Henry Radio Stores 
advertisements in ham radio magazines were a familiar sight in the 
post-war years.

Ted and another brother, Walt, later W6ZN, worked with Bob Henry during 
the early years and became fascinated with ham radio. After Ted moved to 
Los Angeles in 1941, he opened a small radio shop on Westwood Boulevard, 
which he operated while attending college at UCLA with the intention of 
going into teaching. His shop survived the suspension of amateur radio 
during World War II by purchasing gear from hams and reselling it to 
MARS stations around the world, and by manufacturing crystals (in Butler 
and Los Angeles) for Hallicrafters’ war production.

Ted and his wife Meredith, W6WNE, ran the LA store, which grew quickly 
after the war, expanding to a new location on West Olympic Boulevard, 
where it operated for nearly 35 years, becoming a gathering spot for 
hams visiting from around the world.

Walt Henry opened a Henry Radio branch in Anaheim, California, in the 
1960s, which closed in 1990, after his health declined.

In 1962, Ted Henry saw the opportunity to supply tube-type power 
amplifiers for the ham radio market and began manufacturing the original 
Henry 2K. The plant was so successful that Henry expanded into the 
industrial RF equipment sector. In the 1970s, the company developed its 
own line of solid-state amplifiers, which it still manufactures for 
various services. From 1962 until 2005, Henry Radio built approximately 
40,000 assorted amplifiers and industrial power generators before 
closing down the factory in 2005.

Henry Radio also became the first Kenwood dealer in the US and marketed 
the Tempo line of ham gear. The store opened its current facility in 
1981 on South Bundy Drive in Los Angeles. Henry Radio is the oldest 
dealer for the Bird line of RF test equipment, imports Tohtsu coaxial 
relays from Japan, and manages a trunked radio system, in addition to 
marketing radio accessories and specialized RF parts and equipment.

Ted and Meredith’s son, also Ted, W6YEY, took over day-to-day operation 
of the business in 1971. The elder Henry retired from the business in 
2005. Many of the popular line of HF amplifiers remain in use today./— 
Thanks to Marty Woll, N6VI; Henry Radio/

/http://www.arrl.org/news/henry-radio-los-angeles-founder-ted-henry-w6uou-is-100
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