K1LKY — R-390 Restoration Authority & NIST Engineer The Professional Engineer Roy Morgan, K1LKY (of Western Massachusetts, formerly at the National Institute of Standards and Technology), brought professional-grade engineering discipline to the R-390 community. His restoration guidelines for the R-390…
AGC Engineer & Circuit Analyst Ending the Moment of Silence David Wise is one of the most technically rigorous contributors in the R-390A community’s history. His signature achievement is the landmark document “R-390/R-390A AGC — Ending The Moment Of Silence,”…
N5OFF — R-390A Production Historian & Document Preservationist The Historian Tom Marcotte, N5OFF, is one of the most important historical researchers in the R-390 community. For years, he has been diligently amassing production data — contract numbers, manufacturers, quantities, and…
W5OR — R-390 List Manager & R-389 VLF Receiver Authority The List Manager Don Reaves, W5OR, served as the manager of the R-390 mailing list — the primary online gathering place for the R-390 community for many years. In this…
Boatanchor Legends: Barry Hauser — Y2K Manual Co-Editor & Community Voice Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Barry Hauser New York Y2K Manual Co-Editor • Reflector Voice • Community Historian Barry Hauser brought two rare qualities to the R-390A community…
Boatanchor Legends: DW Holtman, WB7SSN — Y2K Manual Technical Illustrator Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series DW Holtman, WB7SSN Y2K Manual Contributor Technical Illustrator • Digital Draftsman DW Holtman brought a draftsman’s precision to the R-390A community’s most important document.…
Boatanchor Legends: Gary Gitzen — Y2K Manual Contributor Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Gary Gitzen Y2K Manual Contributor Technical Knowledge • Community Expertise Gary Gitzen is one of the credited contributors to “The 21st Century R-390A/URR Technical Reference” —…
Boatanchor Legends: Tom Norris — Y2K Manual Contributor 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” —…
Boatanchor Legends: Scott Seickel — Y2K Manual Contributor & Reflector Participant 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…
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…