[Amps] Amateur Radio Vet Turns 100

[Paul Christensen]

>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