[AMRadio] watch what you say

[Rick Poole]

At 10:24 AM 1/30/2012, Bernie Doran wrote:

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

An "elmer" is a mentor (not menter).  The term dates back to the 
early days of amateur radio, and is part of the amateur radio culture 
that every ham should know about.

I despair that the new crop of amateur radio operators doesn't know 
what an "elmer" is and probably doesn't know what a "Wouff Hong" or a 
"Rettysnitch" are either, and what is far worse, they have no 
interest in finding out (not directed at you, you at least asked the 
question).  They're too stuck in the culture of telling me what their 
"personal" is and saying things like "negatory" and... I swear it... 
"10-4", and saying that they are a "HAM" as though "ham" were some 
kind of an acronym (it isn't!).

I agree with you about the political correctness stuff... who needs 
it?... reasonable people should be able to disagree without being 
disagreeable... unfortunately that has also largely gone by the 
wayside with this new crop of amateur radio operators.

Rick WA1RKT