Fred L. Gissoni, K4JLX, of Louisville, Kentucky, died September 21. He was 84. Born blind, Gissoni was the co-developer of the Porta-Braille and Pocket-Braille note-taking devices as well as other adaptive technology. He also authored a popular instruction manual, “Using the Cranmer Abacus.” Gissoni retired from the American Printing House (APH) for the Blind in 2011 after 23 years.
“Fred contri…
American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources
National Weather Service forecaster, storm chaser, and SKYWARN pioneer Alan “Al” Moller, N5ZCB, of Benbrook, Texas, died June 19. He was 64. Moller and Chuck Doswell were the primary contributors to the development of the national SKYWARN program.
Moller was a Senior Forecaster (retired) at the National Weather Service Fort Worth, Texas, Office, where, the NWS said, he “tirelessly worked to bett…
American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources
Gеt a bеst dеal оn аmazоn.соm http://is.gd/GB6G4y Pioneer DEH80PRS CD The DEH-80PRS utilizes a 28-bit binary floating-point digital signal processor, which p…
Available at http://www.discount-low-voltage.com/Security/Dome-Cameras/EF-ED360 Color dome camera with SONY 1/3″ Super HAD CCD Sensor High resolution 540 TVL…
Video Rating: 1 / 5
Warren B. Bruene, W5OLY, of Richardson, Texas, died September 28. He was 96. A pioneer in HF communication, Bruene worked closely with the late Art Collins, WØCXX, on many aspects of HF design during his 44 years with the Collins Radio/ Rockwell Collins.
“I worked at Collins Radio for many years and knew Warren,” Earl Milliken Jr, WB5M, told ARRL. “He was very dedicated, intelligent, and a very …
American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources
Wayne S. Green II, W2NSD (“Never Say Die”), of Hancock, New Hampshire, died September 13. He was 91. A well-known and often outspoken figure during what some consider Amateur Radio’s golden years in the 1950s and 1960s, Green helmed CQ Magazine for 5 years before becoming the self-proclaimed “El Supremo and Founder” in 1960 of 73 magazine, which he published until 2003.
“The purpose of [73] at t…
American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources
Paul Lieb, KH6HME, of Hilo, Hawaii, passed away July 16. He was 84. Lieb — an ARRL Life Member — was best known for his VHF work and his radio beacon on the slopes of Mauna Loa where he worked the famous trans-Pacific tropo duct to the West Coast. Lieb achieved many tropo ducting distance records up through 5760 MHz and received the Dayton Hamvention Special Achievement Award in 1999 for “his…
American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources