Well, I replied to Pete in a valiant effort to keep this on topic, but for the curiosity value:
Re "The Soul of the New Machine," my dad knew Tom West and many other of the engineers in the Eagle group. He worked at RCA in Westboro and they often went out for drinks after work together. Blew me away when he told me that after I told him I got the book. :) On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:02 PM Cady, Fred <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are into reading about technology, be sure to not miss "The > Innovators" by Walter Isaacson and "Regional Advantage" by Annalee Saxenian > (about why Silicon Valley took off and Route 50 in MA faded.) And although > somewhat lightweight, all of Malcom Gladwell's books are fun reads. > > Cheer and 73, > > Fred > > > PS: And don't forget the KE7X Elecraft books :-) > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Art Peters <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 10:11 AM > To: N4ZR; Alan Geller via Elecraft > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] "The Elecraft Story" > > Pete, > > Careful, that is darn near an antique book, but I too still reference > today, kidder did an excellent > job of capturing the ethos of that team and effort. > > 73 es God Bless, > > Art / K0ACP > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 11:23 AM, N4ZR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Mike - I fell prey to the old fallacy - "if I haven't seen it, it > > must not exist." That said, I'd love to see something more up-to-date. > It > > has always intrigued me that the KPA-1500 took so long to actually enter > > the market, having seen a prototype at Dayton about 10 years (or so) ago. > > And of course, we're all waiting for the K4. > > > > I still view Tracy Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine" as the best > > example ever of close-up technological narrative. > > > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network > > at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now > > spotting RTTY activity worldwide. > > For spots, please use your favorite > > "retail" DX cluster. > > > > On 7/27/2018 11:02 AM, Mike Markowski wrote: > > > >> Pete, > >> > >> In 2011 Wayne wrote up a nice history. An Elecraft wikipedia page > points > >> to it, and I put it on a web page here: > >> > >> http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/elecraft/history/ < > http://udel.edu/%7Emm/ham/ele > >> craft/history/> > >> > >> Just ignore the graph up top. Out of date ponderings! > >> > >> Maybe Wayne & Eric can flesh it out, update where needed, and put it on > >> elecraft.com <http://elecraft.com>. :-) > >> > >> 73, > >> Mike ab3ap > >> > >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:52 AM, N4ZR <[email protected] <mailto: > >> [email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> It strikes me that an article, or even a book about this would be > >> welcome. Or has it already been done? If so, a reference would > >> be appreciated. > >> > >> -- > >> 73, Pete N4ZR > >> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network > >> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now > >> spotting RTTY activity worldwide. > >> For spots, please use your favorite > >> "retail" DX cluster. > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: *FN20is* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
