alas, an electrical engineer since Armstrong, getting wide attention that's deserved. r b-j
ooooh! Google is honoring Claude Shannon's 100th birthday today.
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Reply by ●April 30, 20162016-04-30
Armstrong was a great engineer. One of the finest. I've done a lot of research on regenerative receivers so obviously I have encountered his work multiple times. Shannon of course was a consummate theoretician. Any society that allows both practice and theory to prosper will do well.
Reply by ●April 30, 20162016-04-30
On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 6:18:29 AM UTC-4, sean....@gmail.com wrote:> Armstrong was a great engineer. One of the finest. I've done a lot of research on regenerative receivers so obviously I have encountered his work multiple times. Shannon of course was a consummate theoretician. Any society that allows both practice and theory to prosper will do well.Which Armstrong ? Edwin Armstrong ? The inventor of FM radio ? Indeed this society treated him so well that he stepped out of the window of his NYC apartment...
Reply by ●May 1, 20162016-05-01
On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 5:40:39 AM UTC+12, angrydude wrote:> On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 6:18:29 AM UTC-4, sean....@gmail.com wrote: > > Armstrong was a great engineer. One of the finest. I've done a lot of research on regenerative receivers so obviously I have encountered his work multiple times. Shannon of course was a consummate theoretician. Any society that allows both practice and theory to prosper will do well. > > Which Armstrong ? Edwin Armstrong ? > > The inventor of FM radio ? > > Indeed this society treated him so well that he stepped out of the window of his NYC apartment...Didn't he have a dispute with Motorola over patents?
Reply by ●May 2, 20162016-05-02
On Sun, 01 May 2016 13:48:04 -0700, gyansorova wrote:> On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 5:40:39 AM UTC+12, angrydude wrote: >> On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 6:18:29 AM UTC-4, sean....@gmail.com wrote: >> > Armstrong was a great engineer. One of the finest. I've done a lot of research on regenerative receivers so obviously I have encountered his work multiple times. Shannon of course was a consummate theoretician. Any society that allows both practice and theory to prosper will do well. >> >> Which Armstrong ? Edwin Armstrong ? >> >> The inventor of FM radio ? >> >> Indeed this society treated him so well that he stepped out of the window of his NYC apartment... > > Didn't he have a dispute with Motorola over patents?Close - think it was David Sarnoff / RCA.
Reply by ●May 2, 20162016-05-02
Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> writes:> On Sun, 01 May 2016 13:48:04 -0700, gyansorova wrote: > >> On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 5:40:39 AM UTC+12, angrydude wrote: >>> On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 6:18:29 AM UTC-4, sean....@gmail.com wrote: >>> > Armstrong was a great engineer. One of the finest. I've done a >>> > lot of research on regenerative receivers so obviously I have >>> > encountered his work multiple times. Shannon of course was a >>> > consummate theoretician. Any society that allows both practice >>> > and theory to prosper will do well. >>> >>> Which Armstrong ? Edwin Armstrong ? >>> >>> The inventor of FM radio ? >>> >>> Indeed this society treated him so well that he stepped out of the window of his NYC apartment... >> >> Didn't he have a dispute with Motorola over patents? > > Close - think it was David Sarnoff / RCA.This seems a good overview on what happened: http://www.damninteresting.com/the-tragic-birth-of-fm-radio/ -- Randy Yates, DSP/Embedded Firmware Developer Digital Signal Labs http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●May 2, 20162016-05-02
> >>> > >>> Which Armstrong ? Edwin Armstrong ? > >>> > >>> The inventor of FM radio ? > >>> > >>> Indeed this society treated him so well that he stepped out of the window of his NYC apartment... > >>yes, his story should be an object lesson to all creative tpyes when dealing "with da man"
Reply by ●May 2, 20162016-05-02
makolber@yahoo.com wrote:> >> >>> >> >>> Which Armstrong ? Edwin Armstrong ? >> >>> >> >>> The inventor of FM radio ? >> >>> >> >>> Indeed this society treated him so well that he stepped out of the window of his NYC apartment... >> >> > > yes, his story should be an object lesson to all creative tpyes when dealing "with da man"And Heaviside. And Tesla. -- Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology -- www.highlandtechnology.com Email address domain is currently out of order. See above to fix.
Reply by ●May 2, 20162016-05-02
gyansorova@gmail.com wrote:> On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 5:40:39 AM UTC+12, angrydude wrote: >> On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 6:18:29 AM UTC-4, sean....@gmail.com wrote: >>> Armstrong was a great engineer. One of the finest. I've done a lot of research on regenerative receivers so obviously I have encountered his work multiple times. Shannon of course was a consummate theoretician. Any society that allows both practice and theory to prosper will do well. >> >> Which Armstrong ? Edwin Armstrong ? >> >> The inventor of FM radio ? >> >> Indeed this society treated him so well that he stepped out of the window of his NYC apartment... > > Didn't he have a dispute with Motorola over patents? >More with Sarnoff @ RCA. Armstrong was a principled man. He tuned down a big settlement because he felt that to accept it would have been unethical. He got trod upon in the "Channel 1" cutover as well. I hate to be this way but he sort of needed adult supervision. Some guy like Sarnoff would eat his sort for breakfast. -- Les Cargill
Reply by ●May 2, 20162016-05-02
On Mon, 2 May 2016 20:07:48 -0000 (UTC), Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> wrote:>makolber@yahoo.com wrote: > >> >>> >>> >>> >>> Which Armstrong ? Edwin Armstrong ? >>> >>> >>> >>> The inventor of FM radio ? >>> >>> >>> >>> Indeed this society treated him so well that he stepped out of the window of his NYC apartment... >>> >> >> >> yes, his story should be an object lesson to all creative tpyes when dealing "with da man" > >And Heaviside. And Tesla. >And yet Sarnoff and Edison still count among the "greats". I guess it's good that accomplishments stand regardless of personality, but there do seem to be many cases where it seems appropriate to add the asterisk, "Was also a raging asshole."
