Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: dion@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Dion Messer) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: FM Radio in the 1930's and More... Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 00:15:32 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Reply-To: Dion Messer Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas Lines: 7 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 173, Message 5 of 9 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu On the subject of Major Armstrong, my favorite communications book has "A Historical Note" on Armstrong. The book is titled "Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems", by B. P. Lathi. It does confirm that he committed suicide in 1954 by walking out a window on the 13th floor of a building. The pages to look at are 301 and 302, and the note is quite interesting.