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> On Jan 9, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > >> On 1/9/2014 9:52 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: >> I did the same for USS Stewart with a TS-440 but they changed >> management and threw me out along with the TS-440. I think they >> wanted me to modify the TBL to a modern SSB Transceiver or prove that >> TS-440s were used by the US Navy in WW2. > > The RMHS out here on the western frontier has a story regarding the radio > console from a Victory ship that they were going to restore. Somewhere during > the Vietnam War, some call signs and frequencies had been penciled on one of > the front panels. Their first thought was to scrub them off and clean up the > panel however the museum curators gave a firm "No." The somewhat crude notes > were part of the history of the console and as far as I know, they remain to > this day. Museum curators are very sensitive to things like that. > > Modifying a TBL to SSB would be a very interesting project! :-)) > > I am pretty sure that even >> the Japanese Navy did not have them in WW2 because Western Electric >> did not invent the transistor until 1948. > > Actually, it was Bell Labs ... a team led by William Shockley. He ultimately > made his way to what would become Silicon Valley and founded Shockley > Semiconductor Labs. The Bell Labs work was primarily point-contact > semiconductors and Shockley worked more to develop junction devices. > Unfortunately, he was a domineering boss with a side dish of paranoia, and > people found him impossible to work for/with. At one point, a large number > of his staff [17 or so if I remember correctly] resigned en masse and moved > over to what would become Fairchild Semiconductor. All told, engineers and > scientists from Shockley labs founded well over 50 Silicon Valley companies. > > In the latter half of his life, he became exceedingly controversial, adhering > to theories of eugenics and, as a Nobel Laureate, managed to bring a lot of > notoriety on himself. I know all of this because here in Auburn CA, we have > Shockley Dr., Shockley Ct., and Shockley Cir. After his death and the death > of his wife, a final bequest from his estate was 20+ acres of undeveloped > land along Shockley Dr. to our local parks and recreation district. Auburn > isn't very big and excitement sort of resembles the solar cycle [every 11 > years or so :-)] so the bequest initiated a civic uproar about accepting the > land given his racist views since the bequest required that the land be named > in his and his wife's honor. The district finally accepted the land, I > believe it is recorded in their name, and no plaque or monument will ever > appear. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 > - www.cqp.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
