I got my Novice license in 1958 when I was a Freshman in high school. CQ, QST, Popular Electronics mags and ARRL publications were my guiding light into amateur radio. Built my Apache (which I still own) in 1959 after I became a General, but spent most of my early years on VHF because I became involved with the monthly publication "The VHF Amateur", which was started by a high school friend who was a Junior in high school and, of course, a ham. So, although I had no "Elmers", I did get to rub elbows during those early years with Ed Clegg, Ed Ladd, Amp Fagans, Dr. Allen Katz, Jack Schenker(Polytronics Labs), Waybe Green and a number of others as we beat the bushes for advertising dollars, technical articles and business support.
So, to answer your question, "how far back does one have to go to be in the 'old days'?" mostly depends on how long you're been licensed and what sets in your mind as the "good of days". Pete, wa2cwa On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:44:39 -0600 Geoff/W5OMR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Markavage wrote: > > Back in the "good old days" real hams didn't need Elmers. > > > > The 'good ol' days'? > > Pete, John either just made, or is going to make 60 years old, this > > year. He got his novice as a freshman or sophomore in high school. > > We're talking some 40 years ago. How far back does one have to go > to be > in the 'old days'? > > > -- > Driving your AM Rig without a scope, > is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV) > > -- > 73 = Best Regards, > -Geoff/W5OMR ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
