Edwin Howard Armstrong
American electrical engineer and inventor (1890-1954) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 63
Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American radio-frequency engineer and inventor who developed FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
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1980National Inventors Hall of FameAward1954Died31 January 19541951Washington AwardAward1942Edison MedalAwardJohn Scott AwardAward1941Franklin MedalAward1940Holley MedalAward1917IEEE Medal of HonorAward1890Born18 December 1890
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Armstrong's boyhood home, overlooking the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, c. 1975
Armstrong's "feed back" circuit drawing, from Radio Broadcast vol. 1 no. 1 1922.
Armstrong in his Signal Corps uniform during World War I
Armstrong explaining the superregenerative circuit, New York, 1922![Armstrong arranged for the construction of a transmission tower in Alpine, New Jersey, near New York City, and financed demonstration operation of W2XMN, the first FM radio station. W2XMN's antenna is mounted between the top two tiers, visible as a vertical line at the far upper right.[41]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Armstrong_FM_radio_station_W2XMN_Alpine_NJ_1940.jpg/500px-Armstrong_FM_radio_station_W2XMN_Alpine_NJ_1940.jpg)
Armstrong arranged for the construction of a transmission tower in Alpine, New Jersey, near New York City, and financed demonstration operation of W2XMN, the first FM radio station. W2XMN's antenna is mounted between the top two tiers, visible as a vertical line at the far upper right.[41]
Armstrong and his new wife Esther Marion McInnis in Palm Beach in 1923. The radio is a portable superheterodyne that Armstrong built as a present for her.Awards
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Lived 1890 to 1954 · aged 63
