W8OAR 1940 Cleveland, Ohio

Operator: Mitchell L. Kohn
1894 - 1984

W8OAR Mitchell Kohn
date unknown

Mitch W8OAR was last active doing the 10-10 thing on SSB, also active on 20 meters in 1974.
Born 1894 in Hungary expired 27 Jan 1984 at Long Term health care in Beachwood Ohio, worked for Jewish World publishing in Cleveland.
Married Dorothy Schwartz in 1926, born in Czechoslovakia, 1904-1974. The oldest daughter was Hilda and the youngest wasn't born yet in the 1930 Census.

The wheel on the top left corner is connected to a series of gears and a pipe leading topside the roof for his antenna rotor system!
They called it Armstrong rotor in the day. You don't see them today.

QSL courtesy of W5KNE
Tnx W8SU, W2JGR for photos
Thanks to Charlie Johnston for Ancestry work