Melville Eastham
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Melville Eastham
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Melville Eastham was a noted American radio pioneer and business executive. Eastham was born in Oregon City, Oregon. After high school graduation from Portland Academy, he worked as electrician for a Portland street railway, then moved to New York City in 1905 where he worked for the Ovington X-ray Company. After noticing that the high-voltage spark coils used to excite X-ray tubes were becoming popular as transmitters for radio amateurs, he joined two other employees in 1906 to start the Clapp,
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American radio pioneer and business executive
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Eastham
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2022-08-02T21:37:25Z
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