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| ====== Al Kahn, K4FW (SK) ====== | ====== Al Kahn, K4FW (SK) ====== | ||
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| Al Kahn, K4FW, founder and former chairman of the board of Ten-Tec, was one of the two founders of the [[http://www.electrovoice.com/index.php|Electro-Voice]] corporation back in the 1920's. EV was named by none other than the great [[wp>Knute_Rockne|Knute Rockne]] ("The Gipper"). Al had set up a microphone and speaker system on the practice football fields of Notre Dame in 1927 for Rockne to use in directing the Irish practices, and Rockne called the set-up his "electric voice", hence the name. Al Kahn is originally from South Bend, In. and that is where Electro-Voice was founded, moving just over the border into southwest Michigan in 1946 to bigger production facilities. | Al Kahn, K4FW, founder and former chairman of the board of Ten-Tec, was one of the two founders of the [[http://www.electrovoice.com/index.php|Electro-Voice]] corporation back in the 1920's. EV was named by none other than the great [[wp>Knute_Rockne|Knute Rockne]] ("The Gipper"). Al had set up a microphone and speaker system on the practice football fields of Notre Dame in 1927 for Rockne to use in directing the Irish practices, and Rockne called the set-up his "electric voice", hence the name. Al Kahn is originally from South Bend, In. and that is where Electro-Voice was founded, moving just over the border into southwest Michigan in 1946 to bigger production facilities. | ||
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| Al was a member of the ARRL, the First-Class CW Operators Club, and the A-1 Operator Club and was elected to the [[http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/hrhof.html|CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame]] in 2002. | Al was a member of the ARRL, the First-Class CW Operators Club, and the A-1 Operator Club and was elected to the [[http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/hrhof.html|CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame]] in 2002. | ||
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| ===== Related Links ===== | ===== Related Links ===== | ||
| - | *[[http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/06/17/6/|ARRL]] Web Article | + | *[[http://web.archive.org/web/20050911223706/www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/06/17/6/?nc=1|ARRL]] Web Article (from the Internet Archive) |
| *{{al_kahn.pdf|Article on Founding Electro-Voice}} (1.7 MB) | *{{al_kahn.pdf|Article on Founding Electro-Voice}} (1.7 MB) | ||
| + | *{{k4fw_interview.pdf|Interview with Al Kahn, K4FW}} | ||
