Al Kahn, K4FW, Silent Key
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Reprinted from the North Shore Radio Club EMail List.
Jim Brown = = = = = = = = = = K4FW, Albert R. Kahn, passed away on June 15th. Al started Ten-Tec after being bored with retired life. He was also a member of FOC. He had previously started the speaker/ mic company Electro Voice. The company was founded by Al Kahn and Lou Burroughs in the basement of the Century Tire and Rubber Company in South Bend, Indiana as Radio Engineers. 1930 Kahn and Burroughs develop a public address system for Knute Rockne, the football coach at Notre Dame University. Rockne uses the system to address his team during drills on 4 adjacent fields. He calls the system his "Electric Voice..... He was active on the bands till a few years ago, always attending the annual "oldtimers picnic" at W9EFL 's (Noel ex of Deerfield & NORA) antenna farm in Michigan. we lost another great ham.... Bill Steffey NY9H = = = = = = = = = = = Al Kahn was a great ham and a great human being. Under his management, both Electro-Voice and TenTec, the two great companies he founded, were leaders in their field, were professionally managed, and focussed on both quality and customer service. A recent piece in QST pointed out the major support that Al Kahn gave to ARRL at critical times of their existence. Al was also a major supporter of the Heath company. Ham radio would be very different if Al Kahn had not walked our way. Jim Brown K9YC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Sorry to hear that! I never met Al. Most of my Ten Tec dealing were with Jack Birchfield. Forget
his callsign. I owned a PM2 and a PM-3 and later one of the first Argonaut transceivers. Visited the plant in Sevierville a couple of times. My step son used to live in Knoxville. He now lives in Lenoir City a bit further away from Sevierville. 73, Sandy W5TVW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Brown" <[hidden email]> To: "TopBand List" <[hidden email]>; "Elecraft List" <[hidden email]>; "Tower Talk List" <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Al Kahn, K4FW, Silent Key | Reprinted from the North Shore Radio Club EMail List. | | Jim Brown | | = = = = = = = = = = | | K4FW, Albert R. Kahn, passed away on June 15th. Al started Ten-Tec | after being bored with retired life. He was also a member of FOC. | | He had previously started the speaker/ mic company Electro Voice. | | The company was founded by Al Kahn and Lou Burroughs in the basement of the | Century Tire and Rubber Company in South Bend, Indiana as Radio Engineers. | 1930 Kahn and Burroughs develop a public address system for Knute Rockne, the | football coach at Notre Dame University. Rockne uses the system to address his team | during drills on 4 adjacent fields. He calls the system his "Electric Voice..... | | | He was active on the bands till a few years ago, always attending the annual | "oldtimers picnic" at W9EFL 's (Noel ex of Deerfield & NORA) antenna farm in | Michigan. | | we lost another great ham.... | | Bill Steffey NY9H | | = = = = = = = = = = = | | Al Kahn was a great ham and a great human being. Under his management, both | Electro-Voice and TenTec, the two great companies he founded, were leaders in their | field, were professionally managed, and focussed on both quality and customer | service. A recent piece in QST pointed out the major support that Al Kahn gave to | ARRL at critical times of their existence. Al was also a major supporter of the | Heath company. Ham radio would be very different if Al Kahn had not walked our way. | | Jim Brown K9YC | | | _______________________________________________ | Elecraft mailing list | Post to: [hidden email] | You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft | | Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm | Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com | | | | -- | No virus found in this incoming message. | Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. | Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.2 - Release Date: 6/14/2005 | | _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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