Dick Harris - Portland

[hank]

I was first introduced to Dick over sixty (60) years ago when he was the person to go to if you wanted a scanner.  They were new at the time and Dick would sell them and tune them at his home in Nedham, MA  The first radios had to be

in certain frequency range, so to monitor the Boston area you needed three scanners.  Crystals were required and Dick would sell them along with the scanner.  The brand he sold and they were good radios was Sonar and the first radio

would hold four (4) crystals.  Later they would accommodate ten crystals.  I had a jar full of crystals, probably 100+ as I would want to cover more communities.  Over the years, I probably purchased twenty or more scanners as the protables

made there way on to the market.  Dick was a avid spark and I would see him at many of the jobs and we would get a cup of java off the Canteen truck.  He then left the area and I had lost track of him.  A few years back after I had joined

this web site and start to see his name appear with his excellent photos and I pm him and sure enough he reappeared.   I continue to travel to jobs just as Dick was doing and the jakes look forward to the pictures.  Sometimes I have the

images all processed and forwarded to the stations when they return from the scene.  Dick was always a gentleman and well respected in the fire service field.  R.I.P. Dick and my sympathies to his family and the members of the Portland

Fire Department as his memories will carry on when you see his photos on the walls of your station.  

 

tHANKs

hank brennick