[SCCC] Bob Pease - Author and Great Contributor to EDN and other Magazines Silent Key

[Dennis Vernacchia]

Got this from most recent  ARRL Contest Update Newsletter

I am sure some of you working in Electronics employment may have enjoyed Bob
Pease Articles and insight and Humor over the years
in EDN ( Electronic Design News ) and other Electronic Industry Articles and
publications

Bob Pease ( and Jim Williams )  will be sadly missed

*Although neither of these gentlemen was highly-connected to the radiosport
world, both Jim
Williams<http://www.edn.com/article/518496-Analog_guru_Jim_Williams_dies_after_stroke.php>and
Bob
Pease<http://www.edn.com/article/518568-Analog_engineering_legend_Bob_Pease_killed_in_car_crash.php>
were intimately involved with the electronic technology that underlies much
of what we do, both on and off the air.
They were legends in the world of analog electronics design and both died
suddenly in the past week.
Hams will recognize a kindred soul in this NPR
story<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4053122>about
Jim's travels through the surplus electronics catacombs
 of Silicon Valley and his appreciation for technology as shown by this
video beginning with him standing in front of his
 living-room art installation - a recreated Minuteman missile guidance
computer <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ODi7qSpYg>. Similarly, the
workbench
 of Bob Pease is legendary for its apparent
disorder<http://www.rfcafe.com/references/electrical/bob-pease-breadboard.htm>from
which sprouted well-crafted and engineered designs.
Both were also legendary for their abilities to write and present with
clarity and inspiration - references to
 Bob's "Pease Porridge<http://electronicdesign.com/article/analog-and-mixed-signal/Bob-Pease-Remembered-For-Pease-Porridge-And-A-Whole-Lot-More.aspx>"
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http://electronicdesign.com/article/analog-and-mixed-signal/Bob-Pease-Remembered-For-Pease-Porridge-And-A-Whole-Lot-More.aspx
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*and "What's All This..." columns have made an occasional appearance in this
newsletter
and both men have authored books considered classics in the field.
Personally, both were a huge inspiration
 to your editor as a writer and author of technical material - having
demonstrated how to do it right.
To say they will be missed is a gross understatement. (Thanks, Doug K1DG and
others for links)
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