| Birth: | Dec. 18, 1890 | | Death: | Feb. 1, 1954 | 
Inventor. Born in Manhattan, New York, he was one of the most important electrical engineers of the 20th Century. In 1933, he invented the first working FM radio, super regeneration and superheterodyne. He gave patents to the US government at no charge. The RCA Corporation offered Armstrong a million dollars for his patents but he refused and gave patents to the US Government to use at no charge in exchange for his lab expenses. In 1945, he convinced the FCC to move the FM band from 44-50 MHz to 88-108 MHz, where it is today. He also developed the FM frequency assignments required for television sound and the coax cable material used for signal transmitters. He was posthumously elected by the International Telecommunications Union in Geneva to the roster of electrical greats. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for Edwin Armstrong | | | Burial:
Locust Grove Cemetery
Merrimac
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 35 |
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