[QCWA] Fw: Al Kahn, K4FW, Silent Key

[Norm Gertz]

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>> K4FW, Albert R. Kahn, passed away on June 15th. Al started Ten-Tec
>> after being bored with retired life. He was also a member of FOC.
>>
>> He had previously started the speaker/ mic company Electro Voice.
>>
>> The company was founded by Al Kahn and Lou Burroughs in the basement of
> the
>> Century Tire and Rubber Company in South Bend, Indiana as Radio 
>> Engineers.
>> 1930 Kahn and Burroughs develop a public address system for Knute Rockne,
> the
>> football coach at Notre Dame University. Rockne uses the system to 
>> address
> his team
>> during drills on 4 adjacent fields. He calls the system his "Electric
> Voice.....
>>
>>
>> He was active on the bands till a few years ago,  always attending the
> annual
>> "oldtimers picnic" at W9EFL 's (Noel ex of Deerfield & NORA)  antenna 
>> farm
> in
>> Michigan.
>>
>> we lost another great ham....
>>
>> Bill Steffey  NY9H
>>
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>> Al Kahn was a great ham and a great human being. Under his management,
> both
>> Electro-Voice and TenTec, the two great companies he founded, were 
>> leaders
> in their
>> field, were professionally managed, and focussed on both quality and
> customer
>> service. A recent piece in QST pointed out the major support that Al Kahn
> gave to
>> ARRL at critical times of their existence. Al was also a major supporter
> of the
>> Heath company. Ham radio would be very different if Al Kahn had not 
>> walked
> our way.
>>
>> Jim Brown  K9YC
>>
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