[ADXA] Hard call sign in Morse

[Steve Norris]

Dennis,

Back in the day ...  memories of trying to send WA5IIS to you on OZK, 
etc.  With first my Vibroplex Christmas present ou likely though who is 
this LID ... then later with homebrew tube keyer that wasn't great, you 
likely said is this LID still around.  In my shack I thought, "man, what 
a call to live with, hihi!"

Steve, W5KI


On 21-Jul-21 22:19, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> I built an HD-10 keyer in the dorm at college.  I had a soldering iron 
> but had to use a pair of nail clippers to cut off the wires that stuck 
> out of the circuit board.  I used the built-in micro switch paddles a 
> little bit but hooked up my “back-to-back Speed-X” paddles as soon as 
> possible.  That was actually a pretty good iambic paddle at the time. 
>  I made some little brackets and attached the straight keys to an old 
> Vibroplex heavy base.  I cut the finger pieces out of plexiglass. 
>  Before the HD-10, I used it with a vacuum tube electronic keyer. 
>  Now, I have a Schurr Profi 3, an N3ZN, and a Begali on the desk but 
> probably had more fun back in the old days.  (yes, it really is a 
> Profi 3).
>
> My call was WN5IIS and then WA5IIS.  I got a lot of II?    Too many 
> dits.  I mainly picked out RZ because it had a decent rhythm for CW.   
> I think W5RF was not available or I would have gotten it.
>
> 73,
> Dennis
>
>> On Jul 21, 2021, at 2:44 PM, Nick Kennedy <kennnick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Hey Jay,
>>
>> Your link caused my browser to shut down. Twice.
>>
>> OK - not your fault - I tried opening YouTube without the link and it 
>> happened again.
>>
>> But I really wanted to comment on the HD-10 keyer. Whoa, terrible 
>> keyer. Those microswitches would cause misfires and I don't need any 
>> help making errors. Did a nice job of matching my HW-101 though.  I 
>> finally bought a Brown Brothers paddle and built an Accu-Keyer from 
>> the '76 Handbook.
>>
>> As far as calls that are hard to copy - I dunno. Used to hear that 
>> too many dits was bad because they'd get lost in QRN.  But in recent 
>> years I've heard a number of folks opt for the 'ESE' shave and a 
>> haircut suffix.
>>
>> Playing with RUFZ, it's generally the /prefixes/ that get me. I don't 
>> have them hard wired into my memory like a real DXer should.  Was 
>> that a 5 or an H?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Nick, WA5BDU
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 1:54 PM Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net 
>> <mailto:jayw5jay at cox.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Sure try my old novice call WN5JZX.  I built a Heathkit HD-10
>>     paddle keyer and never could send that call with it, hi hi.  That
>>     was one of the most horrible Keying devices!  See it here:
>>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBINAkfoH9A
>>     <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBINAkfoH9A> it had a micro
>>     switch on each side that could be adjusted.  Again horrible
>>     compared to the worse keyers/paddles that we have today, hi.
>>
>>     73 de jay..
>>
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>>     *Subject:* [ADXA] Hard call sign in Morse
>>
>>     Been practicing listening to callsigns. This one was particularly
>>     hard for me this evening to try to send. WN_6EIF_ It's like a
>>     tongue twister when I try to say it at 15 WPM.
>>
>>     __
>>
>>     Not that I am a gluten for punishment, but anybody else have any
>>     others, hihi
>>
>>     73,
>>
>>     Scott/W5AAJ
>>
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