Many on this Group knew or have heard of Art I recall going to Spectronics over 35 yrs ago and digging through all the boxes of Old Motorola Parts , I Finally found a Xtal trimmer for a old Tube type Motorola receiver on 42.42 ,
When I went to Pay I Met Art and He told Me 25 Cents and What was My Ham call , Well I did not have one at that time , And He said well since it is for a receiver and You came all the here from Indiana I will let You get it this time but get Your Ham Lic and rest is History I know He worked With Lefty at MDM http://www.mdmradio.com/ And Bob at http://www.theportableclinic.com/ They were making Scanning Radios and Repeaters out of Motorola Equipment before Most of us was Born Our Thought and Prayers go out to His family and Friends Don KA9QJG It is with deep regret that I report the death of Mr. Art Housholder, K9TRG. Art was proprietor of Spectronics Inc of Oak Park, IL for many years during the 1970s! He sold used Motorola gear to hams in those early days of amateur repeater development Arthur E. Housholder a longtime resident of Elk Grove Village A memorial service for Arthur E. Housholder, 82, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 11, at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine. Mr. Housholder passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at Alexian Brothers Medical Center. Art Housholder, like a select few of the kids of his generation, was bitten by the amateur radio bug, and became seriously infected at K9RTG. And what could be more fun than running a ham radio store* In the late 1960s his store, Spectronics, was a Chicago center for a new amateur radio technology called repeaters ... a technology that would help change the whole world as cell phones ... bringing personal communications to over two billion people. Amateurs, frustrated by the limited line-of-sight range of their little hand-talkies, began putting automatic relaying stations atop tall buildings and mountains, giving them a hundred or more miles range instead of a mile or two. And Art was one of the leaders of the revolution by using his close contacts with Motorola to convince them to pioneer the cell phone industry, where they are still a major player. He was also awarded as a member of the Circumnavigators Club, an exclusive international organization open only to people who have voyaged around the world, crossing every meridian, in a single trip. Members include the likes of Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride and Walter L. Cronkite. He was the beloved husband of Ada; loving father of Anne Marie, Ann Cristine, Bob/Mary, Steve/Faye Marie and Gary/Mary; proud grandfather of Matt, Mark, Julie, Andy and Katrina; great-grandfather of Hunter, Brook and Kira; fond brother of Alice O'Day; and close friend of Wayne Green, Dick McKay, Frank Mercurio and Dave Zatler. For more information, call Elegy Cremation and Memorial Services, 877-565-7070. Link to Sign On Line Book http://www.legacy.com/gb2/default.aspx?bookid=4578564640112
