[AMRadio] watch what you say

[Rick Poole]

At 10:36 AM 1/30/2012, Rob Atkinson wrote:

 >>>>>
>"Elmer" came ouf of a "How's DX" column Rod Newkirk wrote in QST in
>the early 1970s, around 1972.
<<<<<

"Elmer" as a term meaning "amateur radio mentor" pre-dates that How's 
DX column by decades.  My father was my elmer in the late 1950's and 
we used that term even then... as part of Dad elmering me, he told me 
about the old-time traditions and that the term "elmer" dates back at 
least to the early 40's if not before.  (He had a real Wouff Hong 
from sometime in the 1930's... sure wish I could figure out whatever 
happened to that...)

Yeah, I 
know. 
<http://www.arrl.org/mentoring-new-hams>http://www.arrl.org/mentoring-new-hams 
says different.  They're wrong.

Rick WA1RKT