Spread the love Origin of the term “Elmer” 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). Newkirk called them “the unsung fathers of Amateur Radio.” While he probably was not trying to coin a…
Spread the love Glen Zook, K9STH, posted this article about 73 to the Heathkit mailing list: Many amateurs already know that “73” is from what is known as the “Phillips Code”, a series of numeric messages conceived for the purpose of cutting down transmission time on the old land telegraph systems when sending text that is…
Spread the love The Nashville Bombing and Codeless Extra Class Operators Sorry trying another method for recording that is not good Greeting to Richard’s Radio Adventures The Christmas Day Nashville Bombing Christmas Morning 2020 Van broadcasting warning Minimal injuries AT&T hub in Nashville disabled The goal of Terrorism is to create FEAR not to rack up…
Spread the love Glossary of Amateur Radio Terms 73 73 stands for “Best Regards” So the answer the “which is the correct way, 73 or 73s?” question? The correct way is 73. As you can see the word Regards is already a plural form, so by adding the “s” after 73, it makes it a double…
Spread the love Resonant Frequency EP 24 Show Notes Opening theme: 00:00 Resonant Frequency is brought to you by blacksparrowmedia.net Intro: 00:58 The move to blacksparrowmedia.net is complete. We’re looking for authors of amateur radio-related articles for the web site. Send them along to kb5jbv@blacksparrowmedia.com. The Resonant Frequency forums are also open at the web site.…
