Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Tom Norris Y2K Manual Contributor Technical Expertise • Community Knowledge Tom Norris is one of the credited contributors to “The 21st Century R-390A/URR Technical Reference” — the Y2K Manual — the single most important…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Scott Seickel Y2K Manual Contributor R-390 Reflector Contributor • Technical Knowledge Sharer Scott Seickel holds a distinctive place in the R-390A community: he is one of only a handful of contributors credited in both…
Wei-i Li The Archivist Every technical community generates far more knowledge than it manages to preserve. Conversations happen, problems are solved, solutions are shared — and then the thread scrolls off the page and the answer that took three experts…
Clemens Stubbe Østergaard The Scholar at the Receiver The R-390A community has always attracted serious people — engineers, technicians, former military operators, and dedicated amateurs who approach the receiver with the same rigour they bring to their professional lives. Clemens…
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson — KE0KI The Engineer in the Room Most online technical communities have enthusiasts, experienced hobbyists, and the occasional retired technician. Very few have a licensed Professional Engineer with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering who shows up…
Electric Radio Magazine — Barry Wiseman N6CSW & Ray Osterwald N0DMS The Publication That Gave the Community a Voice Every technical community needs somewhere to put its knowledge down in writing — somewhere permanent, indexed, and reproducible. For the R-390A…
Jan Skirrow, VE7DJX British Columbia, Canada Circuit Designer · Kit Builder · Community Innovator Jan Skirrow, VE7DJX, is one of the R-390A community’s most enduring innovators — a designer who translated the theoretical improvements that the reflector’s technical community had…
David Medley United States Master Restorer · R-390 Family Specialist David Medley was one of the most skilled hands-on restorers of R-390 family receivers in the community’s history. A Medley restoration was considered a mark of quality — a receiver…
Roger Ruszkowski, KC6TRU United States Ex-Military Operator · Technical Authority · Reflector Legend Roger Ruszkowski, KC6TRU, was among the most respected technical voices on the R-390 reflector during the mailing list’s most active years in the early-to-mid 2000s. His combination…
Peter Graves Silent Key New Jersey, United States Custodian of the Fowler R-390A, Serial Number 1 · Silent Key, 2023 Peter Graves held a distinction that is unique in the history of the R-390A: he was the owner of the…