[WIham] K9TRG SK

[Frank J. Mercurio]

Frank here is the info I posted on a few Groups I Belong to If You wish
You can post to the In Group 

Take Care 

73 De Don KA9QJG 


 Many on this Group knew or have heard of Art I recall going to Spectronics
over 35 yrs ago and digging through all the boxes of Old Motorola Parts , I
Finally found a Xtal trimmer for a old Tube type Motorola receiver on 42.42
,

When I went to Pay I Met Art and He told Me 25 Cents and What was My Ham
call , Well I did not have one at that time , And He said well since it is
for a receiver and You came all the here from Indiana I will let You get it
this time but get Your Ham Lic and rest is History 

I know He worked With Lefty at MDM http://www.mdmradio.com/

And Bob at http://www.theportableclinic.com/

They were making Scanning Radios and Repeaters out of Motorola Equipment
before Most of us was Born 

Our Thought and Prayers go out to His family and Friends Don KA9QJG 

It is with deep regret that I report the death of Mr. Art Housholder, K9TRG.
Art was proprietor of Spectronics Inc of Oak Park, IL for many years during
the 1970s! He sold used Motorola gear to hams in those early days of amateur
repeater development

Arthur E. Housholder a longtime resident of Elk Grove Village A memorial
service for Arthur E. Housholder, 82, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July
11, at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine. Mr. Housholder passed
away Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at Alexian Brothers Medical Center. Art
Housholder, like a select few of the kids of his generation, was bitten by
the amateur radio bug, and became seriously infected at K9RTG. And what
could be more fun than running a ham radio store* In the late 1960s his
store, Spectronics, was a Chicago center for a new amateur radio technology
called repeaters ... a technology that would help change the whole world as
cell phones ... bringing personal communications to over two billion people.
Amateurs, frustrated by the limited line-of-sight range of their little
hand-talkies, began putting automatic relaying stations atop tall buildings
and mountains, giving them a hundred or more miles range instead of a mile
or two. And Art was one of the leaders of the revolution by using his close
contacts with Motorola to convince them to pioneer the cell phone industry,
where they are still a major player. He was also awarded as a member of the
Circumnavigators Club, an exclusive international organization open only to
people who have voyaged around the world, crossing every meridian, in a
single trip. Members include the likes of Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride and
Walter L. Cronkite. He was the beloved husband of Ada; loving father of Anne
Marie, Ann Cristine, Bob/Mary, Steve/Faye Marie and Gary/Mary; proud
grandfather of Matt, Mark, Julie, Andy and Katrina; great-grandfather of
Hunter, Brook and Kira; fond brother of Alice O'Day; and close friend of
Wayne Green, Dick McKay, Frank Mercurio and Dave Zatler. For more
information, call Elegy Cremation and Memorial Services, 877-565-7070. 

Link to Sign On Line Book 

http://www.legacy.com/gb2/default.aspx?bookid=4578564640112