[NJARC] Jim Fred

[John Ruccolo]

Hi Joe,

I don't remember Jim Fred's articles in Elementary Electronics, but Tom Kneitel's "Uncle Tom's Corner" was my favorite feature in those irreverant, early 70's EI mags. That's what got me intersted in the hobby.

JR


--- On Sat, 9/27/08, carolewc44 at verizon.net <carolewc44 at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: carolewc44 at verizon.net <carolewc44 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Jim Fred
> To: jr6v6gt at yahoo.com
> Cc: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 8:22 PM
> That's a shame. Remember Jim's columns in Elementary
> Electronics? For a lot of us, his column constituted welcome
> reassurance that there were other people out there who
> shared our passion for old radios.
>  
> Last August, Tom Kneitel passed away. He had a wickedly
> sarcastic column in  Electronics Illustrated, wrote several
> books on converting WWII radio equipment for amateur use,
> and edited Popular Communications. He's another guy who
> will be missed.
>  
> Joe Connor