I remember his dust-up with the U.S. Navy in 1957(?) when he dared criticize it in an editorial in CQ magazine for not letting his Ham representative operate a ham station on the ship that was carrying the Ham to Antarctica as part of the IGY. If I recall correctly, the Publisher of CQ had to apologize to the Navy. Harvey K5HV
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of James R. La Frieda Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:25 PM To: R Oler; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: W2NSD , silent key, had a full, solid life and then some ! On 9/15/2013 9:21 AM, R Oler wrote: > he lived a full and solid life, but his absence will be felt....for > those who loved satellites during what is probably the golden era of > hamsats. Wayne was a friend, as he was to so many pioneering > technologies. Wayne Green. Fair skies. WB5MZO > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > > Yes- Wayne-W2NSD- who passed away two days ago, at age 91, did indeed, as you can observe below, lived a full solid life, and then some: * started one of the first personal computer software companies (Instant Software). * opened computer software stores - eventually sold a national chain of 58 stores. * while in college started a broadcasting station (WRPI) which is now the largest student activity. * served on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Overseers and RPI Council. * served as the First Executive in Residence at RPI. * served as a consultant for the RPI Business Incubator - which won the 1996 prize as the best in the country. * been a licensed amateur radio operator as W2NSD since 1940. * pioneered amateur radio repeaters since 1969, starting with WRLAAB on Mt. Monadnock NH. * established amater radio in Jordan in 1970 and wrote their rules and regulations. * supplied and installed the first repeater in Jordan, J-Y73, in 1973. * helped radio amateurs pioneer FM, radio Teletype, single sideband, and slow scan TV. * bounced amateur radio signals off the Moon from the big dish at the Arecibo Observatory, PR. * been editing and publishing amateur radio magazines for 47 years. * a state-of-the-art digital recording studio. * four record labels and produced over 150 CDs. * helped re-popularize ragtime music and personally knows all of the top ragtime performers. * started 25 successful publications in the radio, computer and music fields. * published over 100 books. * wrote one of the first books on digital communications. * been on an African hunting safari. * visited the ruins of Ba'albek in Lebanon, the Queen of Sheba's water catchments in Aden. * visited the Pyramids, the Sphynx. the ruins in Athens, the Taj Mahal and Katmandu. * visited the head-hunter longhouses in Sarawak. * helped organize and lead trade groups of around 250 people to yearly electronic shows in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. * given keynote addresses to radio, educational, computer, and music conferences. * helped invent a new kind of loud speaker - borrowed $1,000 on my car to start a manufacturing company and within two and a half years it became the largest speaker manufacturer in the country with seven factories. * performed in The Mikado and Pirates of Penzance in high school * served as president of radio clubs in high school and college. * served in Navy 1942-1946 in WWII - electronic technician on USS Drum SS-228 (which is on display at Mobile, Alabama) for five war patrols. * been a radio engineer and announcer in North Carolina, Florida and Virginia. * been chief cameraman at WPIX-TV (11) in NYC. * produced and directed network TV shows in Dallas and Cleveland. * a reputation as a gourmet cook. * served as president of Porsche Club of America. * raced my Porsche on the Nurburgring and Solitude race tracks in Germany. * both driven and navigated in many national SCCA car rallies. * served as a founder and first secretary of American Mensa. * a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurial Science. * lectured on entrepreneurialism at Yale, Boston University, Case Western, Babson College, RPL and many other colleges. * been on the first commercial airline flight between Philadelphia and New York in 1927. * flown with father since 1922. * served on the FCC's National Industry Advisory Committee (NIAC). * served on the FCC's Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC). * testified before a Congressional hearing on the music industry. * had the usual toys: airplane, Porsche, yacht, Jaguar, Mercedes 600 Pullman limosine. * worked on a Guggenheim grant on a color organ for the Guggenheim Museum on 5th Avenue. * graduated Bliss Electrical SchooL Tacoma Padc MD. * attended Radio Materiel School on Treasure Island, San Francisco and graduated as ETM2/c. * served for five war patrols on SS-228 USS Dnun, made ETMI/c. * taught electronics at Submarine School, New London CT. * organized and run successful mail order Elm Stamp Company at age 12. * sung in St. Pauls Church choir as boy soprano. * sung in Philharmonic Choir of Brooklyn. * sung in Erasmus High School Choral Club. * pioneered the 6-meter ham band as the first New York City station on that band. * run a 6-meter beacon station for several years in cooperation with the Radio Amateur Scientific Observations (RASO) program. * for years had a VHF/UHF station on Mt. Monadnock NH; regularly heard for over 600 miles. * been Excutive Secretary of the Music Research Foundation, Madison Avenue, N.Y. * worked for GE as a test engineer on Army radio equipment. * been an engineer at Airborne Instrument Laboratories in Mineola NY developing radar equip. * tried marijuana in 1948 to see what it was like. * tried LSD in 1960 to see what that was like. * drunk with shipmates on liberty while in the Navy. Have seldom drunk since. * tried smoking as a teenager, thought it was stupid. Ignored peer pressure. * know the real dope on Amelia Earhart's last trip. * been convinced that NASA had to have faked all of the moon landings. * driven from Brooklyn NY to Peterborough NH (250 miles), averaging 100 mph one night - including a gas stop. * interesting friends such as Barry Goldwater, King Hussein, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Rod McKuen. * been convinced that with proper nutrition and avoiding poisons we can dependably live to over 100. * ridden Starlit Night, the Ringling Brothers top show horse. * a professorship of horsemanship and taught riding instructors. * a Hubbard Dianetic Auditor certificate and has processed over 100 patients, with some remarkable successes. * swum the three mile length of Coney Island many times. * investigated crop circles and a UFO hovering over a house in nearby Francestown, NH. * drove a snowmobile 50 mph in the White Mountains of New Hampshire at age 82. * Other than all that I've been taking it easy and having a great time. Like myself, he was from Brooklyn, and he came over one evening - at the invitation of W2EEJ (Herb Greenberg, an engineer at WINS( 1010 KHz) ) and spoke with several of us at The Brooklyn Radio Club - in 1955, when he was the Editor of CQ Magazine. At that time, I was a 15 yr old Novice, KN2LKJ. 73's Jim (N6MV) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
