Is W9BRD a silent key now? I QSOed him a couple of years ago several times
on 30 meters. Nice fellow.
I 'wonder" if "Elmer" might have been derived from the author Elmer E.
Bucher who worked for RCA and wrote several books during the early 20's in
the spark era?
73,
Sandy W5TVW
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] "Elmer" background info
In a message dated 6/28/07 11:27:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It's a very recent term as Ham-speak goes, originating in QST in 1971
according to this source:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/mentor/
I remember when that article came out.....I wasn't a new ham then...
I don't know if it was the first use of "Elmer" meaning "amateur radio
mentor" in print. But it's the first one I know of. And I know that it
became much
more common to see in print after that.
What I think is most significant is that almost every ham knew the concept
already - some more-experienced amateur who made a point of helping and
encouraging others.
I still miss W9BRD's column. It was one of the best examples of stealth
journalism I ever read. While it was allegedly a DX column, and had lots
of DX
info, his commentary wandered into many other areas. The Jeeves cartoons,
Grommethead Schultz, the DXHPDS limericks and their unusual character
names ("Noah Q.
Essels" "Harry Uppensign" "Lotta Chassis") were just the obvious things.
His
writings went off on interesting tangents, such as the trend towards
miniature
rigs, (Madame Mu, the shack Siamese, did not approve), antenna
restrictions,
pop culture references and much more.
One didn't have to be a DXer to read and enjoy "How's DX" in those days.
Which introduced many a non-DXer ham, such as myself, to DXing, and built
a
community of sorts.
Kinda like many OT postings today....
73 de Jim "shall we order an anchovy pizza for dinner tonight, Jeeves?"
N2EY
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