Category Boatanchor Legends Tributes

Boatanchor Legends · Tribute No. 42 Active · Collins Engineer Rod Blocksome, KØDAS Collins Engineer, Historian, and the Man Who Brought a KWM-3 to Dayton First Licensed 1960 as KNØDAS Education BSEE 1968, MSEE 1973, Kansas State Career 42 years,…

Boatanchor Legends · Tribute No. 41 Silent Key Warren B. Bruene, W5OLY The Quiet Engineer Who Made Single Sideband Practical Born 1916, Iowa Silent Key 28 September 2013 Earlier Call WØTTK Home QTH Richardson, Texas If you have ever spoken…

Boatanchor Legends · Tribute No. 40 Silent Key Bill Wheeler, KØDEW The Quiet Founder of the Collins Collectors Association Born 18 July 1939 Silent Key 17 April 2020 First Licensed 1956 as KNØDEW Home QTH Lebanon, Missouri On a Sunday…

Boatanchor Legends · Tribute Series Wayne Spring W6IRD · 1949–2025 Silent Key The west coast’s master of the Collins KWM-380 and HF-380, a Southern California DX Club president, and one half of ham radio’s most devoted husband-and-wife restoration team. Wayne…

Boatanchor Legends: Bob Sternowski, WB0LBI — From the Collins Radio Bench to Venus Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Robert “Bob” Sternowski WB0LBI — Silent Key Collins Radio • Softronics Ltd. • NASA • HF Engineering Pioneer Bob Sternowski spent…

vk6ada.com.au • Boatanchor Legends Series • The Master Restorer Howard Mills W3HMMaster Craftsman of Collins and Vintage Military Receiver Restoration — Harpers Ferry, West Virginia A Boatanchor Legends tribute to Howard Mills W3HM — the man whose name on a…

vk6ada.com.au • Boatanchor Legends Series • Collins R-390A/URR Community Chuck Rippel WA4HHGr390a.com, the Practical Restoration Canon, and His Legacy to the R-390A Community A Boatanchor Legends tribute to Chuck Rippel WA4HHG — creator of r390a.com, the most complete practical R-390A…

Boatanchor Radio Legends Scott V. Johnson W7SVJ / AFA6SJ  ·  Scottsdale, Arizona Engineer, aviator, and the foremost documenter of Collins Radio’s military and avionics product legacy — the man who carries Collins into the cockpit and onto the flightline, and…

Bill Orr W6SAI — Amateur Radio Legend | VK6ADA VK6ADA · Boatanchor Legends Series Bill Orr W6SAI Engineer · Educator · Author · Amateur Radio Legend 1919 – 2001  |  W2HCE / W6SAI  |  DXCC Honor Roll  |  OSCAR-1 Pioneer…