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1
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Fixed phones in childhood
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2
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Age 14, hired by phone co.
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3
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Built first radio, age 10
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4
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Fix-it prodigy
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5
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Enthralled receiving Marconi
stations
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6
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University-Maine electrical
school
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7
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Amateur ham station;
received Titanic
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8
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Regular radio newscasts,
1912
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9
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Vaudeville trombone playing
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10
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Hired by GE, paid $11.
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11
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Worked with Alexanderson on
transmitters
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12
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Alexanderson described;
inventions; corporate backing
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13
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Antenna ground wire
unidirection discovery; surge resistance
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14
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Alexanderson enthusiastic,
supportive, but absent-minded
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15
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Barrage receiver; WWI radio
communications with Europe and jamming
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16
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Different receiving,
transmitting antennas avoided
interference
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17
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President Wilson
transmitting from ship
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18
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Abrupt transfer to RCA
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19
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Riverhead Station static
reduced
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20
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New Brunswick and Long
Island, Rocky point receiving stations
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21
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Beverage antenna patent,
1921
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South Pole rescue; Admiral
Byrd's mental state
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22
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Long Island international
radio relays via wire to New York city
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23
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Chief Research Engineer for
RCA
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24
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Working for Mr. Taylor; RCA
and labor unions
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25
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NBC
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26
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Friends with David Sarnoff
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27
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Marconi's South America
communication plans; Brazil visit
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28
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Met Sir Edward Appleton;
complimented work
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Vice President of Research
duties
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Charlie Young's early copier
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29
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George Brown's TV antenna
work
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30
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Directing Princeton
receivers and antennas group
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31
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Friends with Vladimir
Zworykin
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Various research teams; size
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32
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Management style
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Amazed by color TV
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33
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Harold Peterson and
diversity reception system
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34
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Mrs. Jack Ames' glasses
short-circuit phone system
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35
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D-day communications
trouble-shooting
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36
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Greenland aviation
communications; planes left on ice cap
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37
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Trouble-shooting in North
Africa, Italy
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38
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Organization of RCA
communications research groups
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39
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Administrative work
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40
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Hansell's inventiveness
compared to Edison
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Research projects assigned
more than chosen
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41
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Adequate corporate support;
Sarnoff praised
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42
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IRE touring
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Sam Goldwyn, Maeterlinck's
Life of the Bee, anecdote
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43
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Valued IRE
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44
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IRE and AIEE merger, 1963
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Armstrong's superheterodyne
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45
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Murrey G. Crosby and
modulation
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46
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Crosby and Armstrongs'
relationship
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47
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Armstrong's suicide,
Sarnoff, and FM
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48
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Sarnoff's opposition to FM
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49
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Friendship with Armstrong;
Armstrong's legal battles
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50
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RCA's competition
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Time committed to war work
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51
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Submarine communications
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52
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Defense contracts
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53
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Alan Hazeltine and
neutralization
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Peter Goldmark
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54
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Albert Einstein visits lab;
notices big beetles in small spaces
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55
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Robert Watt
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56
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Retirement travel; met Yagi
in Japan
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