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George M. Badger Portola Valley, CA QCWA # 28262 |
George Milton Welles Badger died November 15, 2009. He grew up in Berkeley, California, where he attended University High School before being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943.
During World War II, George was in Patton´s 3RD army at the Battle of the Bulge, and then served as Technical Sergeant in with the 89th Infantry Signal Corps in Europe. After the war, George returned to California and attended UC Berkeley. He was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, Colonel in the ROTC and President of the Amateur Radio Club. George graduated from Berkeley in 1951 with a degree in Electrical Engineering.
He was recruited out of college to work with Professor E.O. Lawrence on developing a color television tube. He then went to work as a design engineer for EIMAC, then later as Product Manager and Marketing Director. When EIMAC was acquired by Varian, George worked in the microwave tube division. After Varian, George became President of Svetlana Electron Devices, then later worked as Vice President of Business Development of CPI Econco.
He holds seven patents for microwave tube and circuit design, as well as an Emmy Award for the invention of a special vacuum tube used for UHF television broadcast. George´s lifetime passion was Amateur Radio with the call letters W6TC. He was originally licensed as W6RXW at the age of 14 in 1939. George was a member of the ARRL continuously for 69 years.
His Amateur Radio interests included building equipment, antennas and working DX. He published many technical articles in the amateur radio press. He was elected as a Fellow in the Radio Club of America, and held DXCC Honor Roll #1, 5BDXCC and 5BWAZ.
George was married to Nancy Naylor for 51 years. Nancy is a Stanford alum, and their first date was the Big Game. George and Nancy were married on January 31, 1958. They lived in Portola Valley and had three children.
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle)
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George Badger, W6TC, of Portola Valley, California, passed away on Sunday, November 15. He was 84. Originally licensed in 1939 as W6RXW when he was 14, Badger was a member of the ARRL for 67 of his 69 year amateur career. After World War II service in the U.S. Army with the 89th Infantry Signal Company in Europe, he graduated from the University of California with a degree in electrical engineering.
Badger held seven patents on microwave tube and circuit design and was Marketing Director for EIMAC, was President of Svetlana and consulted for CPII Econco. Badger published many technical articles professionally and in the amateur press. First published in QST in 1981, Badger´s most recent article, "The Pileup Buster," was published in October 2008; his next article, "Easy to Make Four-to-One Coreless Baluns," is scheduled to be published in a spring 2010 issue.
Badger was a Fellow in the Radio Club of America. His Amateur Radio interests included building equipment, antennas and working DX. Badger held DXCC Top of Honor Roll (Mixed), DXCC Honor Roll (both Phone and CW), 5BDXCC (with endorsements on 160, 30, 17 and 12 meters), DXCC on all bands (160-10) and 5BWAZ. He also exceeded 2500 points on the DXCC Challenge.
Contributions in memory of Badger can be made to the Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Immunology, 2700 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Funeral arrangements are pending.
(Source: ARRL)
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