[QCWA] history question

[Robert Rich]

Hello fellow QCWA family,
I was licensed in 1965,
The term "Elmer" was a house hold word at that time in the Ham community.
Without Elmer there would be much fewer Hams I suspect.
I would surmise that it started something like this; We all have an Uncle "Elmer" that new every thing, had been ever where, taught us nephews how to fish, shoot a gun ,
Hunt, cuss, smoke, and slipped us a taste of moon shine, and never told our parents!
However this doesn't answer the original question .
73,  de Bob. WA4PWA

> On Nov 6, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/6/2015 7:41 PM, Lew M wrote:
>> What is the origin of the term "Elmer" for a mentor in amateur radio?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 73, Lew
>> n2rq at arrl.net
> Surprisingly, the term is not that old.
> <http://www.arrl.org/elmer-award>
> 
> "The term "Elmer"--meaning someone who provides personal guidance and
> assistance to would-be hams--first appeared in/QST/in a March 1971 "How's
> DX" column by Rod Newkirk, W9BRD (now also VA3ZBB)."
> 
> Side note: About a year after I upgraded from Novice to Advanced, _my_ Elmer
> gave me a brand new Vibroplex Original bug. That was about the same time
> that this article was published. I still have the bug.
> 
> 73
> Jeff
> 
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