What was Martin Cooper's amateur radio callsign? Does anyone know? Probably a KN2 if anything!
On 16 Jan 2006 at 17:09, peter markavage wrote: > Cell Phone History - 2 meters isn't mentioned: > http://www.cellular4.com/phone/history.htm > Briefly: > "AT&T's research arm, Bell Laboratories, introduced the idea of cellular > communications in 1947. But Motorola and Bell Labs in the sixties and > early seventies were in a race to incorporate the technology into > portable devices. > > Martin Cooper, known by many as the father of the cellular phone. Hired > by Motorola in 1954, Mr. Cooper worked on developing portable products, > including the first portable handheld police radios, made for the Chicago > police department in 1967. He then led Motorola's cellular research. > > On April 3, 1973, at a public demonstration and using a heavy 30-ounce > phone, Martin Cooper placed the first cell phone call to his rival at > AT&T's Bell Labs from the streets of New York City. Mr. Cooper commented, > "As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated > New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving around while > making a phone call. Remember that in 1973, there weren't cordless > telephones, let alone cellular phones. I made numerous calls, including > one where I crossed the street while talking to a New York radio reporter > - probably one of the more dangerous things I have ever done in my life." > > > Lots more info on cell phone history; just google it. > > Pete, wa2cwa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Isbell, W5JAI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 20:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: Your comments about AM > > > > > > > Well, the concept of cellular phones was taken from the 2 meter > > ham > > > community. I remember having a keypad on my 2 meter hand held and > > an > > > autodial capability in the repeater long before cell phones were > > even > > > heard of. It used to amaze my non ham friends that I could call > > home > > > while driving down the highway....not so impressive anymore. > > > > > > On 1/15/06, Brian Carling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Maybe I missed something... > > > > OK name something recent that was an innovation that > > > > radio amateur came up with that advanced the radio art. > > > > > > > > On 13 Jan 2006 at 16:32, Grant Youngman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > NO ONE in amateur radio "advances the technological art" > > > > > > these days. They haven't done so for many years. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you're just not paying attention? > > > > > > > > > > Grant/NQ5T > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb >
