[South Florida DX Association] ARLX003 Longtime ARRL Staffer, SSB Pioneer By Goodman, W1DX, SK

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> ARLX003 Longtime ARRL Staffer, SSB Pioneer By Goodman, W1DX, SK
> 
> Byron H. ''By'' Goodman, W1DX (ex-W6CAL, W1JPE), of East Hartford,
> Connecticut, died May 11 after a period of declining health. He was
> 93. A San Francisco native, Goodman was a member of the ARRL
> Headquarters staff for more than three decades, most of that time
> serving as a technical editor. Goodman authored and edited literally
> hundreds of QST articles and columns as well as other League
> publications, including The Handbook for Radio Amateurs. Former ARRL
> colleague and retired ARRL General Manager Dick Baldwin, W1RU
> (ex-W1IKE), best remembers Goodman for his pioneering efforts in SSB
> and for technical expertise.
> 
> ''He was a man of many talents,'' Baldwin said. ''He was in the
> forefront technically--antennas, receivers, single sideband.'' He
> said the technical challenge spurred Goodman's strong interest in
> SSB. Goodman initiated a series of columns about single sideband in
> QST in 1948--a decade or more before the mode eventually eclipsed
> AM.
> 
> First licensed in 1930, Goodman graduated from the University of
> California-Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering. His
> first ARRL Headquarters position in the mid-1930s was as an
> assistant secretary to ARRL Secretary K. B. Warner, W1EH. Never
> entirely comfortable in that front-office position, Goodman later
> joined a revamped Technical Department and never looked back.
> 
> Over the years, Goodman wrote numerous reviews of new equipment in
> QST, served as the first ''How's DX?'' editor from 1936 until 1947 and
> edited a column of International Amateur Radio Union news. While the
> author's identity was not widely known outside of the ARRL
> Headquarters family, Goodman wrote a series of QST April Fool
> parodies under the pseudonym Larson E. Rapp, WIOU.
> 
> ''By had a very great sense of humor, a very dry sense of humor,''
> said former colleague George Hart, W1NJM.
> 
> During World War II, Goodman took a leave of absence from his League
> duties to work for Raytheon in Boston, helping to develop their
> radar systems.
> 
> In 1989, Goodman received the Dayton Hamvention's Technical
> Excellence Award. He belonged to the ARRL, the Quarter Century
> Wireless Association and the A1 Operator Club. He was not active on
> the air in recent years, however.
> 
> Survivors include Goodman's wife, Barbara, a daughter and a sister.
> The family invites memorial donations to the American Heart
> Association, 2550 US Rte 1, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-4301.
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