>I assume they are referring to Harry J. Mills, K4HU, who was born on
> Sept 19th of 1907.
>
> 73..de John/K4WJ
Hard to believe anyone from that era is still with us. If he was licensed
in the early '20s, he likely operated spark, witnessed the birth of CW and
the ultimate erosion of spark, was around for the first ARRL Convention in
Chicago (1921), and operated at the time of Paul Godley's transatlantic
tests.
His first receiver, if commercially purchased, would have come from Grebe,
Chicago Radio Labs (Z-nith), or perhaps Amrad to name a few. Pretty
incredible that one can say they were part of operating spark, to using a
modern transceiver with DSP processing and a bandscope -- and remember all
the technological changes and historical events in between. Now that's an
enviable life.
Paul, W9AC
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