[Dx-qsl] SV2ASP/A rcvd

Wed Jun 13 16:42:57 EDT 2007

At 04:22 PM 06/13/2007, Jeff Carter wrote:
>Hi,
>>What is the derivation of the term "slim"? The context is usually "pirate"
>or "fake" but it isn't immediately obvious what "slim" denotes.

A quick Google search reveals:
http://www.ac6v.com/pirates.htm
>Origin Of Slim From Dave VE2ZP
>>The origin of the term SLIM is, I believe, as follows: On a date I 
>cannot recall in the mid-1960s, an operator showed up on 20m CW, 
>identifying himself as 8X8A, claiming he was located on "Cray 
>Island," an island that had just emerged from the ocean floor 
>following a major undersea volcanic event. The operator said his 
>name was "Slim." Huge pileups endured for a few days, then "Slim" 
>was exposed as a pirate and he disappeared from the bands. Ever 
>since, Pirates have been called "Slim." What made "Slim's" claim 
>even partly credible in the first place was the emergence of 
>Surtsey, an island near Iceland in (I think) 1964. Surtsey rose from 
>the floor of the Atlantic as a result of undersea volcanic activity. 
>It was a major news event at the time. I never heard any of this at 
>the time as I was four years old and not yet a ham. I read the 
>reports in QSTs and 73 Magazine of the time.
>>Dave VE2ZP

Cheers,
Peter,
W2IRT