Dan Strassberg

[Kevin Vahey]

I am sad to report that Dan passed away in 2018

https://www.edn.com/memories-of-dan-strassberg/

If there was any doubt this line on the tribute page confirms it

As much as Dan loved oscilloscopes, he also loved radio. I'm convinced
that he knew the location of every AM, FM, and TV station in the
country, as well as the coordinates of their antennas, the height of
their towers, and their effective radiated power.

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:53 AM Sean Smyth <ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu> wrote:
>
> Someone posted here in recent years about Dan. He was then in his 80s and
> wasn’t really online anymore. His anecdotes and his knowledge are missed,
> and it’s great that they’re on the record.
>
> I’ve thought the same of posts from Counselor Ross, who fortunately still
> checks in.
>
> I only got to one of those gatherings, at the old Firefly’s in Framingham,
> and I enjoyed it.
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 3:00 AM Mark Connelly via Boston-Radio-Interest <
> boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org> wrote:
>
> > The sender's mail server does not allow the list to forward their
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@aol.com>
> > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
> > Cc:
> > Bcc:
> > Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:38:54 +0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: Dan Strassberg
> >
> >
> >
> > It has been a number of years since I have seen any items by Dan
> > Strassberg on this list.
> >
> > Is he still alive? If so, still in Boston area?
> >
> > You may remember that he had a very good command of radio technology
> > including expected AM signal performance based on directional array set-up,
> > ground conductivity, night skip, etc.
> >
> > Before I had moved to the Cape from Billerica in 2012, there was a Boston
> > Radio Interest outdoor gathering at the ice cream place on 3A in
> > Chelmsford. Dan and I had a great chat about AM DXing, '50s/'60s Boston and
> > NYC radio, and oldies music. Donna Halper was also there and I had good
> > talk with her too.
> >
> > Mark Connelly (WA1ION)
> > South Yarmouth, MA
> >
> > --
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