Personal information:
I am the founding Senior Editor of VACUUM TUBE VALLEY magazine. I am also a longtime contributor to GLASS AUDIO, AUDIOXPRESS, and TUBE COLLECTOR magazines; and have written hundreds of articles about tube electronics.
I am the recipient of the 2004 Tube Collector's Association STOKES AWARD and the 1999 Antique Wireless Association GERALD F. J. TYNE AWARD for my writings about the early history of electronics, specifically vacuum tubes.
See the following websites for more information about my past writings.
VACUUM TUBE VALLEY magazine homepage
my article for IEEE SPECTRUM magazine, August 1998