[Boatanchors] Elmer

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John King" <k5pgw at yahoo.com>
To: <wa1rkt at comcast.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Elmer


Rick, I was licensed in early 1958 and the term was being 
used in 1958. I was fortunate enough to live in a rural/city 
(oldest city in the Louisiana Purchase founded in 1714) and 
several Older Hams were Elmers to me. I will be forever 
grateful for all their assistance. I was tested for the 
Novice exam by Jimmy Moss, SK , who had been a Press (News) 
CW operator during WW2. If you have never watched a Press 
operator handle a Key or bug, you can't imagine the panic I 
experienced.Of course he slowed down from about 50WPM to 5 
WPM and I passed. But if anyone ever needed a nerve pill 
when it was over, it was I.

   Well, I just took someone to task about claiming to have 
heard the term previously to the Rod Newkirk article. Now we 
have two so I probably jumped too soon. Anyway, my apologies 
if I put anyone's nose out of joint.  Its just that I've 
seen so much bad historical research that I've  become 
extremely skeptical.
   Now, if, in your experience, the term was in common use 
in 1958 why does doesn't it show up in some publication? 
Perhaps it does and I've missed it.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com