Amateur Radio People
36 entries in the Amateur Radio People compendium.
Wasil AhmadAfghan child soldier who commanded a police unit and was killed at age eleven.Tim AllenActor, comedian, and voice of Buzz Lightyear.Hiroshi AmanoCo-inventor of the blue LED and Nobel laureate in physics.H. Peter AnvinSwedish-American programmer, originator of SYSLINUX and LANANA.Charles E. ApgarAmateur radio operator whose recordings exposed a World War I espionage ring.Bernard BabaniPublisher of practical booklets for amateur radio and electronics enthusiasts.Joe BarrTechnology journalist, Linux advocate, and amateur radio operator W5CT.Otakar BatličkaCzech adventurer, ham radio operator, and resistance communicator.Tom BaughFormer NFL center turned amateur radio operator and school board member.E. W. BedfordBritish-born Ceylon tea planter and amateur radio operator.Art BellFounder and original host of Coast to Coast AM.Leo BeranekAcoustician, MIT professor, and founder of BBN Technologies.Red Blanchard (radio personality)Zorch-talking DJ who brought novelty and comedy to California radio.Carl BødtkerNorwegian engineer and radio host known as 'Uncle Bødtker'.David BoggsCo-inventor of Ethernet and developer of early Internet protocols.Howard J. BrewingtonAmerican visual comet discoverer and former SDSS telescope operator.James Harvey BrownHam radio operator, broadcast engineer, councilman, and municipal judge.W. A. S. ButementRadar pioneer, inventor of the proximity fuse, and chief defence scientist.Tom ChristianLong‑serving radio operator and voice of Pitcairn Island.Laurel ClarkNASA astronaut and medical doctor who perished in the Columbia disaster.Chuck ColbyEngineer who pioneered portable computers and DVR surveillance systems.Arthur A. CollinsRadio engineer who founded Collins Radio and pioneered computer-communication integration.Arnie CoroCuban ham radio guru and cofounder of Radio Havana.Ward CunninghamCreator of the first wiki and agile software development co-author.Jan DahmNorwegian resistance member who headed SIS radio station Theta.Ted DavidFinancial journalist, CNBC launch team member, and licensed ham radio operator.Alvin DevaneAmateur radio operator, police lieutenant, and namesake of an Austin street.John H. DeWitt Jr.Amateur radio operator who led the first Moon radar echo experiment.Franklin M. DoolittlePioneer of stereo radio and early FM broadcasting in Connecticut.Harold DorschugMaster control engineer for The War of the Worlds broadcast.Jane EnglishPhysicist turned photographer and co-translator of Taoist classics.Allen FairhallAustralian politician, defence minister, and lifelong amateur radio operator.Paul Flaherty (computer scientist)Computer scientist, inventor of AltaVista, and amateur radio operator N9FZX.Peter Freeman (musician)American bassist, composer, and longtime collaborator of Jon Hassell.Owen GarriottNASA astronaut and first amateur radio operator in space.Attilio GattiItalian-born explorer, author, filmmaker, and amateur radio operator OQ5ZZ.
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