David Larsen

David Larsen KK4WW became interested in electronics as a boy and was licensed as an Amateur Radio Operator in 1953. After graduating from high school in 1957, he served in Uncle Sam’s Navy for 2 years as an electronic technician, and went to Oregon State University for a degree in Business and Technology (Electronics). He spent some years in the electronic industry as an engineer, and the next 31 as a university teacher in electronic instrumentation at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA (retired 1998). For ten years at VT, David assisted the Office of International Development and received the Faculty Service Award in 1995 for “outstanding service in the outreach mission”. For many of those years, he was associated with land and farming with the start-up of a Christmas tree farm and marketing organization, which developed into a serious operation with hundreds of acres of Christmas trees and was a good sale for Larsen in 1993.

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The Founding of FAIRS-May 9, 1991

By David Larsen
Published 07/2/2009
Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service
Rating: Unrated

The Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service was created as an idea during a train trip from Moscow to the Western Ukraine. There were five Americans visiting Ukrainian and Russian friends. The visit was set up to distribute donated equipment in Russia and Ukraine. It seemed that a formal group was needed to do this type of volunteer work in an organized way on a regular basis...

Mastering the Internet to Enhance Amateur Radio

By David Larsen
Published 04/17/2009
Fairs Member Stories
Rating: Unrated

I'd like to give one example of how the Internet has been so useful in enhancing radio amateur communications. We have a regular radio schedule on 20 meters three times per week, our normal mode of operation is single sideband (SSB). We use the net to keep in contact with members and friends of the Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service (FAIRS). Our (FAIRS) headquarters is located in Floyd, Virginia and the net includes Canada, USA, Caribbean, South America and Ukraine.

The History of Microcomputers ---“Important Date” Stones 1971 -l981

By David Larsen
Published 02/9/2009
BugBook Computer Museum
Rating: Unrated

David Larsen of the LCF Group shares his views about an important time in history, related to the microcomputer revolution. Important dates and milestones are shared in this article.