[Boatanchors] Wouff Hong and other instruments of torture

[Tom Norris]

Scott WA9WFA wrote:
> 
> "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."

In one of the original cartoons, wasn’t there some mention about beating monkeys with one of those instruments??
I once had a collection of T.O.M cartoons where all kinds of things like this were mentioned.  Can’t find them... grrr

But, yes, I agree, the Rettysnitch looks much, much more terrifying!  EEK!!  Both it and the Wouff Hong are enough
to keep *me* from sending Rotten QRM.

BTW, pictures of both of the above instruments of torture can be seen at http://wouffhong.org as well as the Much Feared Ugerumf!!  All three horrifying objects are on display at ARRL HQ.


73

Tom