[PPRAANet] Peter Dahl, K0BIT -- SK

[Jim Harris]

For those that may be interested.  The passing of a great man in amateur radio.

Peter Dahl, K0BIT, of El Paso, Texas, passed away
<http://www.sunsetfu neralhomes. net/fh/obituarie s/obituary. cfm?o_id= 12401\
27&fh_id=10904>  August 15 of Parkinson's disease. He was 71. In 2007
after more than 40 years, he closed his company -- the Peter W. Dahl
Company -- citing health reasons. "I want to thank everyone for their
business throughout the years," Dahl told the ARRL upon his retirement.
"I have enjoyed making each Amateur Radio transformer. "

While still a student at the University of Minnesota, Dahl founded the
Peter W. Dahl Company, manufacturers of a wide variety of custom
transformers and reactors for Amateur Radio, as well as commercial radio
and television applications. According to Dahl, many were direct
replacements for original equipment components that were no longer
available from the manufacturer, whileothers had general-purpose
applications in any number of different transmitters. In 2007, he told
the ARRL that his company had more than 4000 individual transformer
designs on file. QST columnist John Dilks, K2TQN ("Vintage Radio")
remembered that the closing of the Dahl Company was "sad news for those
of us who restore the big iron." After retiring, Dahl sold his designs
to Harbach Electronics <http://www.harbache lectronics. com/> .
A memorial service was held August 19 in El Paso. An online guest book
is available here
<http://www.sunsetfu neralhomes. net/fh/obituarie s/tributes. cfm?o_id= 12401\
27&fh_id=10904>



 
Take pride in the USA. 73


Jim, W0EM