1CH 1928 Brockton, Massachusetts

Joseph E. "Joe" Grahn, W7AH, ex W1CH and 1CH.
He became interested in amateur radio circa 1923. In 1947 he was the editor of the How's DX column in QST.
In 1945 he was chief engineer for station WAAB in Worcester, Mass.
He served in the U.S. Navy. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona circa 1952.

Joseph Grahn was a member of the ARRL staff, became the  second editor of QST's How's DX following Byron Goodman, W1DX.
Joe took the column from Feb 1947 thru November of that year, then it was handed over to another ARRL staffer, Rod Newkirk, W9BRD.

He was born March 2, 1907 and became a Silent Key December 18, 1986 in Phoenix, Arizona.

QSL W4WJ Collection
Info courtesy of W5KNE, W4WJ