I met Bob Gunderson in 1963 and 1964 at summer youth programs sponsored by
the New York Institute. A real character, and a smart, entrepenurial man.
By googling for "behind the mike" I found where these shows are available on
archive.org in MP3 format (for non-commercial use). Then by changing the
search to "behind the mike" gunderson I found a page which listed the
episodes and some of their contents. He certainly sounded younger than what
I remember, and part of what he said was a dramatic re-creation by someone
else. The interview seemed to be highly scripted, and he may have been
reading some of his comments from braille notes.
I had CW skeds with Rick Joy for several months in the early 80's. I don't
remember his callsign, and don't know what happened to him later.
Bob Gunderson, W2JIO, died unexpectedly in 1987 of complications from heart
surgery.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Mike Keithley
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:17 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Bob Gunderson
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> I visited him briefly in 1966, and he showed me the rig Rick Joy was
> using, especially the speaker cone he felt to copy CW. I had a weekly CW
> schedule with Rick for many months before he began working at Hewlett-
> Packard. I lost track of him after that. He was a challenge to copy until
> he got a keyer.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Keith Reedy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 04:58:40 AM
> Subject: Bob Gunderson
>
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > We were driving back from Indianapolis yesterday evening, listening to =
> > satellite radio and heard an old program called "Behind the mike" and =
> > heard a broadcast recorded in 1940, with a segment on Bob Gunderson =
> > talking about his work. I had never heard his voice. He was quite a =
> > guy.
> > Keith Reedy
> > Click the link below to download MP3's of Keith Reedy's music as a gift
> =
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> >
> > God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. J Hudson =
> > Taylor.
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