Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from QST, published December 1915 - present (visit ARRL
for info). All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
Just in time for Halloween: "A Radioman's
Nightmare" - another sampling of electronics poetry, circa
1945...
BTW, for those unfamiliar with "Mairzy Doats," the song is a comical
slurring of words that make new, nonsensical words in the process. 'Mairzy Doats',
for instance, is a slurring of 'Mares Eat Oats,' 'And Liddle Lamzy Divey' is really
'And Little Lambs Eat Ivy." "Mairzy Doats"
was written in 1943.
The following poem was written by S. W. Scott of Los Angeles. It is intended
to be sung to the tune of "Mairzy Doats" - if you haven't forgotten that one by
now:
A.C. volts
And D.C. volts
And little ohms and amperes.
A little inductance, too,
Wouldn't Q.
With micromhos And E.C.O.'s
And little microfarads,
I'm more than a little
nuts.
Aren't you?
If these terms sound queer
And screwy to your ear,
A bit off resonance
and freaky,
Say LCR and A.V.C.,
I think my condenser is leaky.
Ohmzy's Laws
And Kirchoff's bores
This is a little crazy.
Radio's crazy,
too.
Aren't μ.?
- Anton Varga,jr. RM1c, W9WIB
"Mairzy Doats" Song
Posted October 23, 2020 (updated from original post on 5/29/2011)
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