>From the CQ newsroom... Jerry Sevick, W2FMI, became a Silent Key on November 29 after a brief illness. Sevick was a renowned authority on antennas and transmission line transformers, and was active on the air until just days before his passing. He was 90 years old. Sevick is best known among hams as author of "Transmission Line Transformers," "Building and Understanding Baluns and Ununs," and "The Short Vertical Antenna Handbook." He was also a prolific author of magazine articles in both amateur and professional technical media.
Jerry attended Wayne State University on an athletic scholarship and was drafted by two professional football teams, but he became a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot in World War II and was introduced to radio and electronics while in the military. He also discovered ham radio, which he often said changed his life, as he changed career goals after returning from the war, going on to earn a Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University. After teaching at Wayne State and working as a local weather forecaster for WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Jerry went to work for Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, where he retired as Director of Technical Relations. For those in the New Jersey area, a memorial service is scheduled tomorrow, December 2, at 10 AM, at Fellowship Village, 8000 Fellowship Rd., Basking Ridge, NJ. ______________________________________________________________ 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
