[AMRadio] vintage amateur radio station

Paul Christensen w9ac at arrl.net
Fri Dec 2 13:29:08 EST 2011


> An EXCELLENT example of the English written word being handled 
> oh-so-masterfully is evident in a late 30's issue of QST, wherein the 
> editor laments the accidental passing-away of Ross Hull...It's sheer 
> genius on a printed page, IMHO, a definite lost art, and---just as you 
> observed---many people to-day would probably be absolutely clueless as to 
> what he was saying...

My vote for best literary masterpiece by an amateur goes to Clinton Desoto. 
Just read the first few pages of "200 Meters and Down."  DeSoto's name would 
fit well with the likes of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, and F. 
Scott Fitzgerald -- he was that good.

Paul, W9AC



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