Major Edward Edwin Howard Armstrong
MAJOR EDWIN HOWARD ARMSTRONG
1890-1954
"The Man Who Made Radio Sing"
1890-1954
"The Man Who Made Radio Sing"
YONKERS RESIDENT AND INVENTOR OF THE REGENERATIVE CIRCUIT, GREATLY STRENGTHENING RADIO SIGNALS AND MAKING THEM AUDIBLE TO THE HUMAN EAR, IN THE GARRET OF HIS HOME AT 1032 WARBURTON AVENUE IN 1912
INVENTOR OF THE SUPERHETERODYNE CIRCUIT, ALLOWING RADIO LISTENERS TO TUNE TO A SINGLE STATION, WITH OPTIMUM RECEPTION (MODERN RADIO), IN 1917
INVENTOR OF THE VASTLY SUPERIOR WIDEBAND FM RADIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN 1933
BUILDER OF THE ALPINE TOWER IN NEW JERSEY, SITE OF THE WORLD'S FIRST FM BROADCAST STATION IN 1937. THE TOWER CAN BE SEEN ATOP THE PALISADES ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER JUST TO THE SOUTH
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