8BIL 1922 Warren, PA

Operator: Gilbert S. Wickizer from Warren, PA. He also held the portable call 8DTF from Penn Yann, NY in 1924. His modern call was W2DOG.
He had a long career with RCA, working on numerous radio projects.
He, along with the famous Harold H. Beverage & Philip S. Carter held US patent # US2138134A
for Arrays of individually energized antenna units similarly polarized and spaced apart the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path.

Full name: Gilbert Shirk Wickizer
Born: August 20, 1904 at Warren, PA.
Died November 15, 1992

QSL & Info N2BTD Collection
SK info courtesy of W5KNE