Allen J. Hall » Friend http://www.allenjhall.com/content Materials Science & Engineering, Productivity, and Life Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:55:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Another silent key… Howard Knoebel, W9MBD, 73s, you’ll be sorely missed. http://www.allenjhall.com/content/2008/11/20/another-silent-key-howard-knoebel-w9mbd-73s-youll-be-sorely-missed/ http://www.allenjhall.com/content/2008/11/20/another-silent-key-howard-knoebel-w9mbd-73s-youll-be-sorely-missed/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:05:36 +0000 Allen http://www.allenjhall.com/content/?p=80 Very sad news. Howard Knoebel passed away at the age of 85 in Neoga, IL, Nov. 19th. Here’s a picture of Howard I snagged from his website. I hope to have a bit more about him in a future post. In particular some of the fantastic science he accomplished.

One hilarious anecdote is that Howard actually calculated whether or not it is worth your while to pick up a penny on the sidewalk. His calculations show it is not. He basically calculated how much you would make an hour if at every step of the way there was a penny to pick up. :) It turns out you won’t make minimum wage by doing so. Hence, it does not pay to pick up a penny on the sidewalk. :) Howard was a bit of a rascal Scientist, I think that’s not too bad a name for his ever present creation and discovery. He always had his hands in something. We were all sure that his tractor with various add-ons would flip over on top of him one day. He also had a hatred towards wood peckers.

You’ll be sorely missed, Howard. I regret not being more in touch than we were. 73 DE N9RZC!

ps- Howard’s website can be found here (for while it is still up): Howard’s RR1 Site

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