<P>Ron - Since we are dealing with olde trusty radios......I vote for the BC-610 that was instrumental in WW2....as for a person - Art Collins, W0CXX...................73's Larry</P>
<P><B><I>Ron <kc4yoy@TRELLIS.NET></B></I> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hello & Happy Holidays to all lovers of Ol' Radios and Radio history.<BR><BR>What with just a little more than a week left in 1999 and dawning<BR>of 2000 (I'm not going to say anything about the millenium since<BR>I still don't agree that the 20th Century ends with 1999).<BR>There has been a lot of discussion lately in the popular press<BR>and media about the "Best, most important" person, development, etc.<BR>of the century. I got to thinking about "Who" and "What" were the most<BR>important person and Radio in the 20th century.<BR>I think in aviation circles the Douglas DC-3 is considered the most<BR>important airplane ever built. Well what was the most important "Radio"<BR>in the 20th century? And why?<BR>Also, who was the most important person in the field of radio in the<BR>20th century?<BR><BR>I'm still thinking about which radio was the most important, but I already<BR>know who I believe was the most important person in radio, I think<BR>it has to be Edwin Armstrong the inventor of the regen detector, the<BR>Super-Het and FM.<BR><BR>I really like to from you, I will attempt to boil all the responses down<BR>and post them back ton the lists. If there enough comments I'll<BR>do a "Top 10" of radio.<BR><BR>Again, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, and Happy Collecting<BR><BR><BR>73,<BR><BR>Ron<BR><BR>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<BR><BR><BR>Ron Lawrence KC4YOY<BR>CC-AWA Chapter President & Conference Chairman<BR><BR>email: kc4yoy@trellis.net<BR><BR>snail mail: POBox 3015<BR>Matthews, NC 28106<BR><BR>home phone: 704.289.1166<BR><BR>Check out the CC-AWA web page at: http://www.cc-awa.org<BR><BR><BR>Member of: AWA, CC-AWA, TCA, ARRL<BR><BR>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>May your days be full of sunshine and good thoughts fill your head.<br>From: Larry Knapp, KC8JX, St. Joseph, Mi 49085<br> Best 73's
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