[QCWA Hotlist] 2021-010 - Leslie (Les) Kramer WA3SGZ - Florida Inventors Hall Of Fame

[Ken Oelke - VE6AFO]

August 14, 2021

 From QCWA Headquarters

https://www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2021-010 - Leslie (Les) Kramer WA3SGZ - Florida Inventors 
Hall Of Fame

The QCWA Board of Directors are pleased to announce that Leslie (Les) 
Kramer, WA3SGV will be among the 2020 inductees into the Florida 
Inventors Hall Of Fame on November 5.

Les is QCWA Member # 34697 and a member and Vice President of QCWA 
Chapter 45. He was first licensed in 1958 as KN9UIO and resides in 
Longwood, FL.

The Hall of Fame at the University of South Florida in Tampa recognizes 
approximately seven Florida inventors every year for significant 
contributions to technology and society. Kramer holds 17 US patents and 
two overseas patents, spanning lower limb prosthetic devices to advances 
in electric power generation, IED detection, optical coatings for 
industrial processes, and dynamic electronic tagging using a sticky polymer.

"One of my primary inventions is a prosthetic foot that returns energy 
to both the heel and the toe of the amputee, thereby giving the user a 
very lifelike feeling and natural control of the foot," said Kramer, who 
is Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing at TaiLor Made 
Prosthetics, LLC, in Orlando.

The prosthetic foot is used by some 3,000 people worldwide, including 
two Boston Marathon bombing victims. Kramer said amateur radio has 
played a key role in his success as an inventor.

47 & 73,

Ken Oelke, VE6AFO

President, QCWA, Inc.

/*Courtesy ARRL Letter*/



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