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Edwin Howard Armstrong, an Uncommon card
Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American electrical engineer and inventor who developed FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 35,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He held 42 patents and received numerous awards, including the first IEEE Medal of Honor, the French Legion of Honor, the 1941 Franklin Medal, and the 1942 Edison Medal.
- He achieved the rank of major in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I and was often referred to as "Major Armstrong" during his career.
- He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and included in the International Telecommunication Union's roster of great inventors.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edwin Howard Armstrong article was read about 35,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Edwin Howard Armstrong
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edwin Howard Armstrong (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
