List of amateur radio personalities

Heinrich Hertz, one of the most important pioneers of radio technology, is missing from this list because there was no amateur radio in the modern sense at that time. However, he is undoubtedly one of the founding fathers.

The list of amateur radio personalities includes personalities who have made a contribution to the development of amateur radio . The physicists James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) and Heinrich Hertz  (picture) (1857–1894) were two important pioneers in radio technology . In their time, the terms "amateur radio" or "radio amateur" did not yet exist. They were followed by radio pioneers like Alexander Stepanowitsch Popow (1859–1906), Roberto Landell de Moura (1861–1928) and Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937). You are among the first to deal with “sparks” out of personal inclinations and interests, ie with the generation, propagation and reception of electromagnetic waves .

(For personalities who are prominent for other reasons or in other areas and who also operate or have operated amateur radio, see list of prominent radio amateurs .)

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Franz Anderle (1874–1957), Austrian officer, DE1ØØ5

C.

Art Collins, WØCXX (ca.1970)

• Arthur A. Collins  (picture) (1909–1987), American inventor and entrepreneur, WØCXX

D.

• Léon Deloy (1894–1969), French marksman, (F) 8AB
• Jack DeWitt (1906-1999), American electrical engineer, N4CBC
• Walter Dieminger (1907–2000), German high frequency technician, DL6DS

E.

Abraham Esau, EK4AAL (approx. 1930)

• Abraham Esau (1884–1955), German physicist, EK4AAL

F.

• Josef Fuchs (1904–1989), Austrian astronomer, geophysicist and radio amateur, OE1JF

H

• Rudolf Horkheimer (1894–1982), German radio technology pioneer, K4YAE, CP6XF

K

QSL card R1AEM from 2013 in honor of Ernst Krenkel, RAEM, on display with his HRO radio receiver

• Leonard Kahn (1926–2012), American electrical engineer, WB2SSP
• Ernst Theodorowitsch Krenkel  (picture) (1903–1971), Soviet polar explorer and radio operator, RAEM
• Alois Krischke (* 1936), Austrian non-fiction author and communications engineer, OE8AK, DJØTR

L.

• Roberto Landell de Moura (1861–1928), Brazilian priest

M.

Hiram Percy Maxim , W1AW (ca.1914)

• Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937), Italian radio pioneer and entrepreneur
• Hiram Percy Maxim  (pictured) (1869–1936), American inventor, 1AW, W1AW

P

Alexander Popov

• Alexander Stepanowitsch Popow  (picture) (1869–1906), Russian physicist

R.

• Karl Rothammel (1914–1987), German non-fiction author, DM2ABK, Y21BK, Y3ØABK,

S.

• Wilhelm Ludolf Schmitz (1899–1973), German physicist, K-P6

T

• Joe Taylor (* 1941), American astrophysicist, K1JT

V

• Louis Varney (1911-2000), British communications engineer, G5RV

W.

• Don Wallace (1898–1985), American radio pioneer, W6AM