Publications

June 2009 issue of Popular Communications - "The Father of Modern Spy Radios", covers the origins of post WWII American made surveillance radios.

Allen S. Clarke has all but disappeared from radio history, but his companies, Clarke Instruments and Nems-Clarke nurtured a number of engineers who went on to play key rolls in establishing American's superiority in VHF and UHF radio design.

Ralph Grimm was Clarke's third employee. Grimm, with Clarke's assistance, founded CEI, which became the Gaithersburg division of Watkins-Johnson, a preeminent source for high performance VHF and UHF radios.

June 2008 issue of Popular Communications - "The Watergate Rig: The Most Infamous Spy Radio". A history of the Watkins-Johnson RS-111 which was at the center of the activities that eventually caused the resignation of US President Richard M. Nixon.

The story goes behind and the beyond the existing historical record. It includes new information from sources directly connected with the radio and its sale to James McCord.

It also includes many insights on the company, the design and construction of their equipment and the nature of the surveillance radio business.