wrote:
I just got word that Tom Kneitel has passed away. Tom was a good
friend to anyone who loved radio in the 60's, 70's, 80's and early
90's. *My bookshelf is full of books that Tom wrote on all kinds of
radio topics. *He walked, talked and breathed radio. * *He was the
inspiration behind Popular Communication which grew out of the old CB
magazine S9.
He did a lot for radio and for those of us who love it as a hobby.

I will miss Tom Kneitel!

Sorry to hear of Tom's passing. I remember those PopCom issues and his
column "Uncle Tom's Corner" in Electronics Illustrated in the '60s.
And I too remember the article about Radio Swan. Tom actually operated
from Swan Island as KS4CH.

He used to live here on Long Island, and he occasionally checked into
a scanner net that I ran on 2 meters. His old call was K2AES, but
apparently he moved to Florida and became W4XAA.

See:
http://www.qrz.com/detail/W4XAA

http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/pop...om-kneitel-rip

Art, N2AH