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Yahoo changed my mail program so I thought a picture could just be copied and dropped ... no longer. Now attachment must be sent 73 Dave W1CTN / NC4DA203-906-6209 "You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society." Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

The initiation device for new and prospective members at SARC is now back. Originally created in 1992 by the inspiration of our hobby's father, "The Old Man" Hiram Percy Maxim"who designed the original Wouff Hong in 1919. Discussed by Al, W1TMW/SK, President and Bob, N1KPR, V.P., the club's own interpretation of a similar device was born. The W.H. hung at the clubhouse for a few years until a massive 'cleanup' threatened its validity. it has since been replaced to its rightful position of prominence. Interestingly, the metal work of the W.H. is resonant at 146.55 MHz - the club's original simplex call-in frequency. Following is a brief history along with a photo of the first W.H. and the SARC's device. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. I far as I can tell, Radio Shack never stocked it on their shelves and you can’t order it from Ham Radio Outlet. From the 1969 ARRL “Radio Amateur’s Operating Manual”: Every 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… This is the Wouff Hong. 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. “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. As amateur technology and ingenuity have advanced, we have discovered new and improved techniques of rotten operating, but we’re ahead of our story. As The Old Man heard it, the Wouff Hong was being used on some hapless offender so effectively that he investigated. After further effort, “T.O.M.” was able to locate and identify a Wouff Hong. He wrote a number of QST articles about contemporary rotten operating practices and the use of the Wouff Hong to discipline the offenders. Early in 1919, The Old Man wrote in QST “I am sending you a specimen of a real live Wouff Hong which came to light out here . . . Keep it in the editorial sanctum where you can lay hands on it quickly in an emergency.” The “specimen of a real live Wouff Hong” was presented to a meeting of the ARRL Board and QST reported later that “each face noticeably blanched when the awful Wouff Hong was . . . laid upon the table.” The Board voted that the Wouff Hong be framed and hung in the office of the Secretary of the League and there it remains to this day, a sobering influence on every visitor to League Headquarters who has ever swooshed a carrier across a crowded band. The Old Man never prescribed the exact manner in which the Wouff Hong was to be used, but amateurs need only a little i imagination to surmise how painful punishments were inflicted on those who stoop to liddish behavior on the air. 1919 Original SARC 1992 thru 2025