[TowerTalk] Homebrew towers

[EUGENE SMAR]

TT:

     ...And sadly, Edwin H. Armstrong lept to his death off the
thirteenth-floor balcony of his New York apartment on Feb. 1, 1954, after
nearly five years of patent litigation against RCA.


Gene Smar  AD3F
-----Original Message-----
From: K7GCO@aol.com <K7GCO@aol.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>;
alsopb@gloryroad.net <alsopb@gloryroad.net>
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2000 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Homebrew towers


>
>In a message dated 22.01.00 17:15:32 Pacific Standard Time,
>alsopb@gloryroad.net writes:
>
><<
> I seem to recall that Armstrong(?) built 400' wooden towers himself in
> NJ(?) to prove the concept of FM. Anybody have a better memory of this? I
>could sure use his skills here.
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>  >>
>  Armstrong developed the concept of FM, got little for it and then RCA
>Sarnoff tried to take credit for developing it.  He pulled another Gore.
>k7gco
>
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