[Boatanchors] Wouff Hong for sale Scam

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neat  to lean more  history on this  device!   I  remember it as a threat  
weapon.. but  did not know there   was  such ceremony that went  with it! Ed#
 
 
In a message dated 12/30/2013 10:23:24 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,  
jfor at quikus.com writes:

There  have been W-H ceramonies at the Boxboro ARRL convention several
times.  Never went.

-John

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> From what I  remember, the Wouff Hong was created by The Old Man himself,
> Hiram  Percy Maxim, and written up in QST articles by T.O.M. (actually
> Hiram  Maxim under the guise of The Old Man) in response to poor or bad
>  operating practices back in the late teens and early 20's.   Bad  
operators
> were threatened with an application of the Wouff Hong.   There was also
> something called a Rettysnitch that could be applied  for even worse
> infractions, also reported in QST by T.O.M., but my  memory doesn't quite
> recall the details around it.  I saw a  picture of it in QST once and it
> was a terrible looking object, round,  metal, crooked, with a handle at 
the
> bottom,  even scarier  looking than the Wouff Hong.
>
> For a long time there was a  ceremony of the Order of the Wouff Hong
> performed at the ARRL  Conventions at midnight, amongst a lot of ceremony,
> where Wouff Hong's  were handed out to the newly initiated.   A 
certificate
> was  also issued.  I had an OT friend back in the 60's that had a  Wouff
> Hong and certificate that he got at an ARRL  convention.
>
> I've seen a couple of Wouff Hongs for sale in the  past 30 years, maybe
> two.  I've love to get one now for the  nostalgia.
>
> 73, Scott WA9WFA
>
>
> On Dec 30,  2013, at 9:32 PM, RAY FRIESS <rayfrijr at msn.com>  wrote:
>
>> The wouff hong was really just a joke, started many  years ago.  I
>> remember when I was a Novice and someone wrote  in to
>> QST asking what a wouff hong was.  It was revealed to  be nothing more
>> than a broken chair leg that had been put back  together rather clumsily.
>>   You can make your own if you  really wanted to.
>>
>
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