Jim Kyle K5JKX 1931-2019
An old friend and a great talent has left us: Jim Kyle K5JKX, author of a fair number of books that go back a long way. I'm not certain how I know, but I'm pretty sure that he wrote his first book in 1952--the year I was born, and I'm not a young man. He started in the book trade early and worked it for most of his life. I never met him in the flesh, though we corresponded back into the 80s, if I recall correctly. He wrote books on radio and electronics (lots of them!) until there were personal computers, and then pivoted to personal computers. I have his Transistor Etched Circuit Projects from 1969, and until I had to shrink my library severely when we moved down from Colorado to a smaller house, I had others, including PC Interrupts (with Ralf Brown) which served me very well in the DOS era. I'm absolutely sure I have several more of his electronics and radio titles, though a lot of those are still in a box for lack of shelf space. I'm going to dig them out ASAP and take a good look through them.
His son Tony Kyle is also a good friend, and although I haven't yet met him in the real world either, he isn't far and I intend to do so while we're both still here.
73's Jim. You taught me a lot, long before you ever became my friend. Godspeed you on your journey to Eternal Light. --K7JPD.