Best of the "century"?

[Bob]

I vote for Anthony Vitale, W2EWL,  for the Sideband Package.  His command
set cum ssb exciter did more to educate, enlighten, and spur me on to learn
my profession than any sigle thing in the hobby.
    73 and a happy holiday to all

    Bob, KE6F
----- Original Message -----
From: George Maier <gmaier at ULTRANET.COM>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: Best of the "century"?


> >From a radio perspective, Bill Halligan & his company Hallicrafters did
more to
>
> put radios into the hands of people than any one else in the industry.
They
> may not have been the best, but you could afford them, and they worked
well.
> They built a broader range of models over a longer period of time than any
of
> the others.  Mr. Halligan gets my vote.
> 73 & Happy Holidays
> George Maier - K1GXT
>
> Ron wrote:
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> > Hello & Happy Holidays to all lovers of Ol' Radios and Radio history.
> >
> > What with just a little more than a week left in 1999 and dawning
> > of 2000 (I'm not going to say anything about the millenium since
> > I still don't agree that the 20th Century ends with 1999).
> > There has been a lot of discussion lately in the popular press
> > and media about the "Best, most important" person, development, etc.
> >  of the century.  I got to thinking about "Who" and "What" were the most
> > important person and Radio in the 20th century.
> > I think in aviation circles the Douglas DC-3 is considered the most
> > important airplane ever built. Well what was the most important "Radio"
> > in the 20th century? And why?
> > Also, who was the most important person in the field of radio in the
> > 20th century?
> >
> > I'm still thinking about which radio was the most important, but I
already
> > know who I believe was the most important person in radio, I think
> > it has to be Edwin Armstrong the inventor of the regen detector, the
> > Super-Het and FM.
> >
> > I really like to from you, I will attempt to boil all the responses down
> > and post them back ton the lists. If there enough comments I'll
> > do a "Top 10" of radio.
> >
> > Again, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, and Happy Collecting
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Ron
> >
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> > Ron Lawrence KC4YOY
> > CC-AWA Chapter President & Conference Chairman
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> > email: kc4yoy at trellis.net
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> > snail mail: POBox 3015
> >                 Matthews, NC 28106
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> > home phone: 704.289.1166
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> > Check out the CC-AWA web page at:  http://www.cc-awa.org
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> > Member of: AWA, CC-AWA, TCA, ARRL
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