OMG! I hope there is no one on this list that goes by this name, or you may have just offended someone in a very big way. Please think before you post. Mike --- jeremy-ca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hate that name, I always get a vision of Elmer > Fudd or some unwashed > mountain hillbilly. > > Whoever thought it up should be strung up by the > heels and beat with the > Wouff Hong. > > Carl > KM1H > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:08 PM > Subject: [AMRadio] Re: AMRadio Digest, Vol 47, Issue > 45 > > > >>> I just wish that dumb-sounding term "elmer" > would go away for good. > >> > > >> > Don k4kyv > >>> ========================= > >>> The term is part of our history. Why > Kalifornicate our heritage? > >>> > >>> ROLYNN K7DFW > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Actually, the term "elmer" is something > relatively new, and only recently > >> has it come into any kind of common use. It was > first used in a March > >> 1971 QST article by Dave Newkirk: > > > > I have been licensed since 1959, first becoming > interested via SWL'ing in > > 1953. I was very active in ham radio throughout > the 1970's and 80's, but > > NEVER heard the term "elmer" until about 1980. It > is at best a > > johnny-come-lately part of our history, associated > with the brief influx > > of new amateurs that occurred as a spin-off of the > CB boom that began in > > the mid-70's. > > > > What is the earliest verifiable reference anyone > can find to the term, > > such as use or mention of it in an amateur radio > magazine (excluding the > > Newkirk article) or a documented speech at a major > ham radio event? > > > > Don k4kyv > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ______________________________________________________________ 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.
