Re: [Elecraft] Milt Sullivan, RL Drake Chief Engineer, SK

I began using Drake equipment in 1977. Between then and 1983 I spoke with him a few times regarding repairs and trouble shooting of the 4C-Line equipment and later the 7-Line equipment I had. I still have the TR7 and R7. Buddy was a nice man and easy to deal with. I'm sorry he's left us. 73

Re: [Elecraft] Milt Sullivan, RL Drake Chief Engineer, SK

On 11/11/2010 9:59 PM, Alan Bloom wrote: > Milt was a realist about project management. He was very aware that > engineers have a tendency to try to design everything to perfection, > regardless of the schedule or cost. He had a sign over his desk that > read, "Good enough is better than perfect

[Elecraft] Milt Sullivan, RL Drake Chief Engineer, SK

300w sspa. Ed - KL7UW K3 #4043 -- Message: 5 Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:59:33 -0800 From: Alan Bloom Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Milt Sullivan, RL Drake Chief Engineer, SK To: j...@audiosystemsgroup.com, Bill Frost Cc: Reflector Elecraft , towert...@cont

Re: [Elecraft] Milt Sullivan, RL Drake Chief Engineer, SK

Milt was a good guy. I believe his title was VP of Engineering when I was there 1976-1979. Even though he was supposed to be an executive at that point he still loved to get his hands dirty. I remember him coming up with creative ideas to solve engineering problems on some designs I was working

[Elecraft] Milt Sullivan, RL Drake Chief Engineer, SK

This was in today's ARRL Letter. Milton A. Sullivan Jr, ex-K8YDO, Former Chief Engineer at R. L. Drake (SK)Milton A. "Buddy" Sullivan Jr, ex-K8YDO, of Washington, DC -- the former chief engineer at the R. L. Drake Company -- passed away from a