[HN Gopher] Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent Key
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       Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent Key
        
       Author : Stratoscope
       Score  : 93 points
       Date   : 2024-03-02 16:48 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | Stratoscope wrote:
       | Bob was well known in the amateur radio community, of course. I
       | owned one or two of his ham microphones.
       | 
       | He may have been even better known for his work in concert sound
       | systems for the Grateful Dead, The Who, Joe Walsh, Peter
       | Frampton, and many others.
       | 
       | Here is a previous HN discussion with some notes about the term
       | "silent key":
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19674170
        
       | assimpleaspossi wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Heil
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       | He was also the organist on the Mighty Wurlitzer for the Fox
       | Theatre in St Louis
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Theatre_(St._Louis)
        
       | kloch wrote:
       | I didn't know Bob but I was fortunate enough to work with another
       | legend of live sound: Tommy Linthicum.
       | 
       | The sound company he started with his highschool friend (National
       | Sound) ended up doing the first 11 world tours for Rush. He
       | pioneered "flying" PA speakers above the stage in the 1970's.
       | Before that they were commonly just stacked on the front/sides of
       | the stage. Later, National Sound merged with another company to
       | form National Events, which did sound/light/staging for almost
       | all of the major concerts and political rallies on the national
       | mall in DC for several decades.
       | 
       | I made a tribute video after his death in 2007:
       | https://kevinloch.com/tommy/tommytribute-highres.avi
        
       | ZoomZoomZoom wrote:
       | I have a bunch of Heil mics in my locker and they've been serving
       | me exceptionally well over the years. PR40 and PR30 should be
       | considered true dynamic classics.
       | 
       | RIP.
        
       | teeray wrote:
       | One of the coolest things about this legend was that he would
       | happily meet with your local ham club no matter how small to
       | share his expertise on radios, microphones, sound engineering,
       | etc. I remember he jumped on a Zoom call with like 5 or 6 of us
       | and we had a great time--really down to earth, solid engineer.
       | Truly a loss. RIP.
        
       | unsignedint wrote:
       | I remember encountering Bob many years ago at the Dayton
       | Hamvention. He was an incredibly kind individual, and I vividly
       | recall how he crafted an adapter cable overnight for my friend's
       | then-new radio and microphone. His generosity and expertise left
       | a lasting impression. Rest in peace, Bob.
        
       | imdsm wrote:
       | RIP. 73 my friend
        
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