[AMRadio] Elmer

[Ken]

My Elmer was named Elmer:-)
Ken
WB8CPW
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On 2/4/2012 12:38 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> I am not sure Rod Newkirk ever intended for "elmer" to become a part
> of the ham radio lexicon.
> He just wrote a column one month and anyone who has to write any kind
> of column will tell you there are dry spells when you have to come up
> with something to get some words on paper.  Maybe the Elmer column was
> one of those times.
>
> Regardless, it's a dumb term because it fills a need that never
> existed.  There was never anything wrong with simply saying "the ham
> who helped me get started" in every day speech.  A special term was
> never and is not necessary.
>
> "This is Walt, the ham who helped me get started."
>
> "This is Walt, my elmer."  Yech.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:00 AM, D. Chester<k4kyv at charter.net>  wrote:
>> I never heard the term until sometime in the late 70s or early 80s. I don't
>> think it existed in ham radio jargon in the 50s, 60s or earlier.
>>
>> To me, it always had a dumb-sounding ring to it. Maybe I associate it with
>> Elmer Fudd or somebody I knew as a kid, but it conjures up the image of some
>> guy with thick horn-rimmed glasses and double digit IQ, a "duh" kind of
>> character.  "Mentor" carries far more dignity, at least in my opinion.
>>
>> Don k4kyv
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