[QCWA] QCWA History Question

[w1cro]

I thought it was just my memory. No "Elmer"; my school chum, Phil Wood, W1VTT, got me interested back in 1954. Started as WN1CRO and kept that call, except for short excursions into the vanity call scene when the rules changed.
73,
Arthur, W1CRO

> On Nov 9, 2015, at 17:21, Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/9/2015 4:07 PM, Vic Culver [ for Nate ] wrote:
>> ELMER was not used in those years -- 50's and early 60's, at least NOT
>> in the group I hung around with or contacted on air.I do not remember
>> the term "ELEMER" being used in print or on the air at the time I got
>> the novice ticket.The reference to Newkirk, the '71 time line and QSTis
>> probably right.
> I got my Novice license in 1968. I don't remember hearing the term Elmer
> either.
> At the local club, they were just known as "Those guys with the time to
> help you."
> 
> 
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