[QCWA] Rainer Weiss

[ve6afo at telus.net]

I might suggest that Rainer once had a call sign, 
but he let it lapse. Hence we are unable to find 
today. One would have to go through old call 
books, BUT, call books are listed in alpha order 
by call sign, not last name. I did some research 
on the Internet and did find mention that he 
played with Ham radio, but no call sign 
mentioned. Is there a way for you to contact him and ask?

I searched the QCWA database for Rainer Weiss. He 
was never a member, so no luck there.

73,

Ken Oelke, VE6AFO
President, QCWA, Inc.

At 07:46 PM 4/1/2019, Lew wrote:
>I recently had the opportunity to meet and talk 
>with Rainer Weiss. As a follow up to some of his 
>comments in his presentation, I mentioned ham 
>radio.  He quickly responded with his call 
>sign, but too quickly for me.  A search by name 
>on QRZ. com found nothing.  I would like to know 
>what his call sign was. I think it would be of 
>interest to my student club members at Brooklyn 
>Technical High School - W2CXN.  He was born in 
>1932 and lived in NYC in the 1940's after the 
>war.  A bio on line describes his shopping at 
>"Radio Row" and being limited by how much he 
>could carry home on the subway. Rainer Weiss 
>shared the 2017 Physics Nobel Prize for his work 
>in discovery of Gravity Waves. Thanks, 73, Lew N2RQ at ARRL.NET


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