[NJARC] Calling All NJARC Oldtimers

[John Ruccolo]

Hi Marv,

Like Sal, I asked Ike and Ben to sign a BT radio for me. In fact, I think I'm the one who "blew their cover." Up until then, few people in the club knew that they were famous in the electronics industry. It was great to hear them talk about the set. Ike did the mechanical design, and Ben the electronic design.

I believe Ike worked at GE in New Haven (?) doing QA work before the war. That's where the hammer story comes from.

I remember Ike giving a talk on his radar experience in England during WWII. One thing he said I always remember: they gave him some kind of car (I can't remember the British make) to tour around the various radar sites in. Ike said the car was so underpowered that it would not go up hill -- unless you got out and went up first.

Another time, he wore a vintage "I like IKE" campaign button to an NJARC meeting. (The "other" Ike was Dwight Eisenhower, for you younger folks).

I am very proud to own an Emerson Catalin that Ike donated to the club, and we auctioned it off. It is my first and only Catalin -- and I had to outbid Al Klase for it! Al and I are *not* the first two guys people think of when they think of Catalin collectors.


Regards,

John


--- On Thu, 9/4/08, Mbeeferman at cs.com <Mbeeferman at cs.com> wrote:

> From: Mbeeferman at cs.com <Mbeeferman at cs.com>
> Subject: [NJARC] Calling All NJARC Oldtimers
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> Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 6:18 PM
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> 1.  I'm preparing an article on Isaac Blonder's
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> might have of him?
> 2.  Ike once gave a talk at the Lutheran Church in Freehold
> that had us on 
> the floor.  I know I took some pictures.  To save me some
> time in going through 
> a few hundred photos, does anyone have an idea of the time
> frame of the talk?  
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