![]() After further effort, “T.O.M.” was able to locate and identify a Wouff Hong. As The Old Man heard it, the Wouff Hong was being used on some hapless offender so effectively that he investigated. As amateur technology and ingenuity have advanced, we have discovered new and improved techniques of rotten operating, but we’re ahead of our story. “The Old Man” (who later turned out to be Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW, Co-founder and first president of ARRL) first heard the Wouff Hong described amid the howls and garble of QRM as he tuned across a band filled with signals which exemplified all the rotten operating practices then available to amateurs, considering the state of the art as they knew it. It was invented -or at any rate, discovered- by “The Old Man” himself, just as amateurs were getting back on the air after World War One. ![]() I far as I can tell, Radio Shack never stocked it on their shelves and you can’t order it from Ham Radio Outlet.įrom the 1969 ARRL “Radio Amateur’s Operating Manual”:Įvery amateur should know and tremble at the history and origins of this fearsome instrument for punishment of amateurs who cultivate bad operating habits and who nourish and culture their meaner instincts on the air… One of the most interesting and unique artifacts from the early days of radio was not powered by batteries nor did it have any electronic components. ![]()
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