[AMRadio] watch what you say

[Rob Atkinson]

"Elmer" came ouf of a "How's DX" column Rod Newkirk wrote in QST in
the early 1970s, around 1972.  I remember the first mention of the
elmer thing.  I don't recall the details but we have Rod to thank for
that one.

the column was a cloying and sentimental account of the ham who got
Rod (or maybe someone else) started, and his name really was Elmer.
It caught on and after a year or two, "Elmer" had become a noun.   I
am not wild about it either but you can't fight everything so I mostly
ignore it and life goes on.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Bernie Doran
<qedconsultants at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> A question, I never had an "elmer"  I had a menter.  Where did that come
> from?