E.H. Armstrong Commemorative Plaque

Major Edwin Howard Armstrong is considered by many to be the greatest inventor of the 20th century. Among Armstrong's many contributions to radio, "The man who made radio sing" invented wideband FM radio, the regenerative circuit (radio audible to human ears), and the superheterodyne circuit (modern radio). 

Sadly, commemoratives to the genius of Armstrong are few, with none in his hometown of Yonkers, NY, where he conducted many of his early experiments from the garret of his home on Warburton Avenue.

On Thursday, October 11, 2012, The Yonkers City Council approved a commemorative plaque to Major Edwin Howard Armstrong to be installed at the Greystone Train Station stairwell on Warburton Avenue in Yonkers, directly across the street from the former site of Armstrong's boyhood home. The plaque will measure approx. 36" x 24" and be cast in bronze. The site is perfect; from here one can look out across the Hudson River and view the Armstrong Tower in Alpine, NJ, (still in use today) the world's first FM broadcast station built by "The Major" in 1937.

All funding for the plaque and its installation will be raised privately. That is the sole purpose of this website. Please take a minute to make an online donation so this oversight of Armstrong's great accomplishments can be corrected. 

Whether you're a fan of Armstrong, a resident of Yonkers, a Columbia University alumnus (where Armstrong studied and taught, and where he invented wideband FM in 1933), a radio enthusiast, a history buff, or just someone who believes genius should be properly recognized, we need your donation to make this possible. Watch a short video on my visit to the Armstrong Field Laboratories:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m35fqaOslh8

Thank you.