‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MAY 2019 QST PAGE 82 ‰ WSO, RCAS TRANSATLANTIC STATION ON CAPE COD. AT 20, HE ENTERED THE 1922 BOSTON RADIO EXPOSITION CODE RECEIVING CONTEST ON A WHIM. HE CAME AWAY WITH THE WORLD RECORD OF 51R5 WPM. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, HE CONTINUED TO SET RECORDS, CAPPING HIS RUN IN 1939 IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WITH 75R2 WPM. MCELROY ALSO HAD THE INGENUITY OF A BORN ENTREPRENEUR. SETTING UP AS A ONE MAN OPERATION IN 1934, HE DEVELOPED THE MAC KEY, HIS OWN VERSION OF THE SEMI AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPH KEY. MOST OF HIS PRODUCTS WOULD HAVE THE PREFIX MAC OR MAC, AFTER HIS NICKNAME. HE MACHINED, ASSEMBLED, AND SOLD THEM OUT OF A SPARE ROOM IN HIS BOSTON APARTMENT. IN 1936, HE INTRODUCED THE MAC AUTO, A CODE PRACTICE TRANSMITTER OF HIS INVENTION, USING IMPRINTED PAPER TAPE WITH A PHOTOELECTRIC READER. ONE OF HIS PASSIONS WAS DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE AND SPEED THE LEARNING PROCESS. IT EVENTUALLY BECAME HIS MAIN FOCUS. IN JUST 5 YEARS HE HAD A FULL FLEDGED ENTERPRISE. GROWTH ACCELERATED DUE TO DEMAND FOR MAC TRAINING DEVICES AND TELEGRAPH EQUIPMENT. A DECADE AFTER HIS START, MCELROYS ANNUAL SALES EXCEEDED 57 MILLION IN TODAYS DOLLARS. FORM AND FUNCTION THE STREAM ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ