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December 1962 Popular Electronics
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Popular Electronics,
published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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In the 1960s, most people
believed that poetry ought to rhyme. It was not uncommon to see poems appear in
magazines of all sorts including even technical publications like Popular Electronics.
"More 'Tower' to You" is a good example. Nobody ever claimed that these reader-submitted
on-subject poems were of Nobel Prize quality, but many were extremely clever and
were almost sure to elicit the chuckle their authors intended; that is to say, they
were humorous. What made them humorous is what is true of nearly all good humor
- it contains an element of truth.
Here are a few other electronics-themed poems:
A Radioman's Nightmare,
The Day Before Christmas,
Sonnet of a Ham,
Unpopular Electronics,
Ode to a New Rig,
Power Supply,
More "Tower" to You, Requiem,
Pre-Radio,
What Is It?,
Ravin
More "Tower" to You
By David Moore
 The CB man this day and
age, You usually will find, Has equipment in his shack Of every size
and kind.
He has scopes for checking output And a bridge for standing wave. He's
got to keep his power up- Those five watts he must save.
He's got to punch through QRM To contact Warehouse Two. You'll find the
building down the street It's hardly out of view.
Yes, this chap's a perfectionist. He keeps on with his quest To improve
his CB setup And to make his signal best.
So naturally he stacks his beams Atop his home-brew tower. And, of course,
the fourteen elements Will multiply his power.
However, you're not going to hear His signal any more. From his tall
tower he must chop Off sections three and four.
The FCC has grounded him, And here's the reason why: Though our friend's
tower was mighty fine- Ninety feet is just too high!
Posted October 2, 2020
(updated from original post on 9/14/2015)
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