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The Maintenance Crew
The firms and folks below were active in maintaining boat communications and radar gear prior to 1995. These folks hopped on many a boat to do the installations and repairs required keep the communication "lines" open.
The YEARS listings below are total years in marine radio service not years with the firm shown. Where hot links shown they are either to the recollections of that person or will open a message to that person.
| Great Lakes - Marine Radio Maintenance Personnel | ||
| NAME | Firm & Home Port | YEARS |
| John Paul Jones WA8CAE | Radio Link Comm. - Elyria, OH | ? |
| Charles Reynolds WA8WUU | " | 1972-2006 |
| Chester Dobeck (SK) | Lorain Electronics - ?? | ? 1950s ? |
| Frank Bako (SK) | " | ? 1950s ? |
| Jim Burns | " | ? 1950s ? |
| Robert Welsh (SK?) | " | ? 1950s ? |
| Dennis Widdows W9VHN (SK) | Lorain Electronics - Chicago, IL | 1962-79 |
| Gary Good | Lorain Electronics - ?? | ? |
| Jim Scott (SK) | Lorain Electronics - Duluth | ? |
| Jerry Ketchey (SK) | Lorain Electronics - Chicago & Other | ? |
| Harvey Ball W8FYX (SK) | Lorain Electronics - Sioux St. Marie | ? |
| John D Flood | Lorain Electronics - Toledo | 1972-75 |
| Bob Hermann | Lorain Electronics - Chicago | |
| Kevin Covell | Sperry Marine - Cleveland, OH | ? |
| Don Masa | " | ? |
| David Reynolds | Sperry Marine - Toledo, OH | ? |
| Bruce Chalmers | Sperry Marine - Chicago, IL | ? |
| Gary Thompson | Sperry Marine - Duluth, MN | ? |
| Al Wolfe | Ramar - Cleveland | ? |
| Rick Mutschler | " | ? |
| Jack Towner | Ramar - Toledo | ? |
| Randy Martens AB8LO | Ramar - Rogers City, MI (Also WLC) | ? |
| Rick Eichmuller | Ramar - Duluth, MN | ? |
RAMAR
one of the maintenance companies serving
the lakes
ceased operations in 2002(?)
| Mississippi River System - Marine Radio Maintenance Personnel | ||
| NAME | Firm & Home Port | YEARS |
| Charles Siroka | Lorain Electronics - St. Louis | ? |
| Dennis Widdows W9VHN (SK) | Lorain Electronics - Chicago, IL | 1962-79 |
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know of
names, or names plus recollections, that should be included on one of
the tables above.
The names of living crew members and/or their (disguised) e-mail addresses will be removed from the listings at their request.
