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

[Ellen White]

A very special man, one I was privileged to work with.  I'd furnish him
contest 'soapbox' and he would come up with endless cartoons capturing the
human/ham condition.  A quiet, shy man -with endless talent.

W1YL "ln"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <wrt at dslextreme.com>
Cc: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj at hotmail.com>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Nostalgia continued, July 1952 QST: Looking back,
plus some conclusions


> AMEN
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> 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
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> Jim, K4OJ
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> Bill Turner wrote:
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> > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:47:02 +0000, "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ"
> > <k5uj at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >>Am I the only one who still misses Gil's artwork on the column headings
> >>today?
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> > _________________________________________________________
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> > 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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