Comments on: The Amateur in the Making (Sep, 1914)

By: KD5ZS

KD5ZS — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:24:26 +0000

So Gink is not a cross between a Gecko and a Skink?

It is also interesting that these “amateurs” are not yet licensed. Later, you had to pass a code test before getting your license.

Spark gaps are still being used today to generate RF used in gas-tungsten arc welding (heliarc) process.

Toronto — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:23:58 +0000

Hmm – perhaps not.

says it just means “guy.”

jayessell — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:54:51 +0000

‘Gink’ must be the precursor to ‘nerd’.

(Thanks Dr. Seuss!)

Toronto — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:46:02 +0000

“Scientific ginks”? Sounds like some kinds of lizard. Of course, there *are* reptiles that can do math. (The Adder, for example…)

Don — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:58:26 +0000

“No, Amphicars were produced by the Amphicar Corporation in Germany between 1962 and 1967.”

KD5ZS — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:42:23 +0000

Yes, but a very early amphicar.

Working DX is still the pastime of many hams.

jayessell — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:55:59 +0000

On the cover…

An Amphicar!