Actually, it means Young "Upwardly-Mobile" Professional. At least it did years ago when I first heard the term.
Doug -- K0DXV On 9/9/2010 12:54 PM, Matt Palmer wrote: > I may be further taking us off topic here but yuppie stands for something = > young urban professional... Most hams aren't young, you cant have antennas > in an urban environment, and when's the last time you say someone wear a > suit to a hamfest? I feel like I am channeling Indigo Montoya here :-P. The > word you are probably looking for is closer to hipster, though most hams > dont qualify for that either, perhaps fanboi is a better choice. > > /snark off > > > Matt > W8ESE > > > > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Jack Brabham<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Phil, >> >> No anger with Elecraft, they are my favorite ham company, and I'm quite >> proud of my K3 even if it did take months of research and hair pulling >> to figure out how to get a decent output from it on SSB. >> >> I am concerned, based on the KPA500 rumors, that Elecraft may be >> deliberately pricing themselves out of the average ham's range. The >> "Oh, it cost so much to produce a product in the USA!" argument doesn't >> hold water either. Where do you suppose MFJ's are made? Or for that >> matter the K3? >> >> I'm thinking that if them old southern boys at MFJ can make a /decent >> /amp for around $2/watt, the folks at Elecraft "ought" to be able to >> make a /great /amp for about the same money. They definitely smoked >> Yaesu and Icom on value postion with the K3. >> >> FWIW "Stupid Yuppies", in my book, would be those folks who are willing >> to pay twice what something is actually worth just for a label, or for >> the joy of owning the most expensive. >> >> 73 Jack KZ5A >> >> K3 #4165 >> >> >> >> >> >> On 9/9/2010 9:46 AM, Phil Townsend wrote: >>> Ewww, Jack You are soo mean... "Stupid Yuppies"... Come on Jack, why so >> angry at a great USA company that ACTUALLY builds some great products? >>> Phil >>> Santa Fe >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
