Charles Kitchin, N1TEV, was a tinkerer and builder from an early age, when his enthusiasm for radio often split his attention between shortwave and amateur radio. A widely published author of technical articles and books, he earned the nickname among readers and followers as the “guru” of Re-Gen radios.
Charles became a Silent Key on March 17th. No cause of death was listed in his online obituary.
As with many hams, Charles combined his passion with his profession. After being discharged from the US Air Force he worked as a radio engineer at a classical music radio station WCRB and would also serve as recording engineer for the live broadcasts of the Boston Sympathy Orchestra at Tanglewood in Massachusetts and for other music ensembles. He later became a hardware applications engineer at Analog Devices Semiconductor Division in Massachusetts.
He was perhaps most widely known as the popular and prolific contributor to QST magazine and other publications sharing designs of his own creation.
Charles was 77.