The Old Man: Rotten Reasons

In the early years of the ARRL, co-founder and first President Hiram Percy Maxim occasionally penned editorials in QST magazine using the pseudonym “The Old Man.” These “rants” became legendary. As part of the ARRL Centennial celebration, we’ll be re-publishing a number of The Old Man’s observations throughout the year.

In this “letter” to ARRL Headquarters, The Old Man recounts a raucous club m…

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