[QCWA] KDKA and BIll Miller, K4MM (SK)

[Dave Heil]

Richard Rucker wrote:

> Herb Irving, the Chief Engineer, drove down to Allison Park to check on
> progress there and then dropped by the Saxonburg site on his way home.
> The latter facility was built in the shape of a “T”, and the plate
> supply controls were located at the center. Herb walked up the ramp and
> checked on the loads being placed on that supply. As he came down the
> ramp, he said, “Call me when the game’s over.”
> 
> After the game, he drove back to help me shut the station down. After
> it was all over, he told me: “You set a record, buddy. Those four
> rectifiers have been in there for 25 years. This is the first time that
> any one of them has ever blown!”

Herb Irving was W3FK, W8FC pre-war.  His son Dick, K3FK and I served
together at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland in the mid-1990's.
I took the liberty of forwarding this post to him in Tokyo, where he
serves in a civilian capacity with the military.

The Irving family lived in Saxonburg and Dick was fond of telling me
that they had no street numbers in the town.  The Irving address was
"Water Street, Saxonburg, PA".  Dick was born in the front bedroom of
the old house where he grew up.

73,

Dave Heil K8MN
Cameron, WV