I have a collection of old (as far back as 1938 to the mid 70's) Amateur Radio magazines. On occasion I'll pick one out of the pile and read through it to take a glimpse at the past... not just of Radio but of attitudes and electronics. I was reading in the May 1957 "CQ Radio Amateur's Journal" and saw this in the back of the magazine:
"This is a message to all those shady characters who get their pudgy hands on CQ without going through the formality of entering our subscription rosters. Sure, we know about you. We have our scouts around reporting on the dregs of humanity who sneak into public libraries and read CQ. And those so-called engineers who lift CQ from the company libraries. Or maybe you are a borrower from a friend. Some friend you are... too cheap to get your own library of CQ's. I'll bet you know what the gang says about you when you leave. What say fellows... here it is 1957... it's Spring, why not hold your head up with your fellow man. Face the world squarely. Fill out that little old sub blank below and get the feeling of belonging. Fill out a check or money order and give us the feeling of your comeradeship... the feeling of your money. If you knew how important it was to us to get rich you wouldn't hesitate another day." What a way to advertise! I think that's about as blunt as I've seen 'em! Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
