[TowerTalk] Nostalgia continued, July 1952 QST: Looking back, plus some conclusions

Jim White, K4OJ k4oj at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Sep 25 21:32:05 EDT 2003


AMEN

Essentially Gil is "before my time" but I still got each and every 
cartoon!  I started truly being interested in hamming at Field Day - 
which sometimes could have been Podunk Hollow!  The snarled up antennas, 
the "fire drill" with everyone running all over the place - timeless!

Gil Rules

Jim, K4OJ







Bill Turner wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:47:02 +0000, "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ"
> <k5uj at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Am I the only one who still misses Gil's artwork on the column headings 
>>today? 
> 
> 
> _________________________________________________________
> 
> Gil had a way of capturing the essence of amateur radio - dedicated to
> the hobby without taking one's self too seriously, and still having
> fun while doing it.  The cartoonists in QST since Gil have come close
> but he remains the Master.
> 




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