I've had that happen to me in a CW rag chew a few times. They other guy catches the 'craft' and jumps to a conclusion, then usually comments that he always enjoys working guys with antique rigs.
I resist the temptation to say I enjoy working guys with antique ears. As my daddy always said, "He who jumps to conclusions often falls on his a$$." I should know. I have lots of experience! Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Tom McCulloch wrote: > > That not a silly question at all, I think its a good one. > > Is it "Ella" or "Elly"? > > I'm a CW guy so I don't get to "hear" it on the air...but it seems > that most of the times I've heard in eyeball qso's its been "Elly". > > I have heard the origin of the name is indeed from "Elegant" and > "Craft" as Mike points out. > > 73/72 de, > Tom WB2QDG (with the New York accent). > k2 1103 > > When I tell old timers who don't read the ham comics or the various web reflectors that I have one of those Ellycraft radios, they all as one reply ".....a Hallicrafters..?" 73, Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF Ellycraft K3 #0145 -- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
