Retired ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Walter Ireland, WB7CSL, of Henderson, Nevada, died January 20. He was 76. Ireland spent 11 years on the staff of the League’s Technical Relations Office (TRO) in Fairfax, Virginia, retiring in 2008. Prior to arriving at ARRL in 1997, Ireland spent 37 years in a variety of roles working for the federal government, including for the Voice of America (VO…
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My first exposure to Walt’s iconoclastic writing coincided with the arrival of my Novice license and my very first QST, in April of 1973. The title of the article, “Another Look at Reflections” immediately grabbed me by the curiosity glands. Not only did this article (the first of a four-part series) steer me clear of one of the major pitfalls trapping many new radio amateurs, namely, an unheal…
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M. Walter Maxwell, 93, died July 3, 2012 at his home in DeLand, Florida of natural causes. Walt was best known in the Amateur Radio realm for his ground-breaking series of articles, “Another Look at Reflections.” Published in QST in seven parts from 1973 to 1976, the series explained in plain English concepts such as line loss, SWR, baluns and antenna tuners. The articles were later compiled in…
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M. Walter Maxwell, 93, died July 3, 2012 at his home in DeLand, Florida of natural causes. Walt was best known in the Amateur Radio realm for his ground-breaking series of articles, “Another Look at Reflections.” Published in QST in seven parts from 1973 to 1976, the series explained in plain English concepts such as line loss, SWR, baluns and antenna tuners. The articles were later compiled i…
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