[ADXA] Hard call sign in Morse

Thu Jul 22 13:41:09 EDT 2021

Actually, Steve, I remember you were one of the "good but fast" guys on
OZK.  I guess if you ever had trouble sending my call, I didn't notice
since everybody did!  After a few years of inactivity while in the AF,
though, it didn't take me long to change my call when they opened it up.
That was in the late 1970's, I believe.

Dennis

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:11 PM Steve Norris <w5ki at silverlarkcrafts.com>
wrote:

> 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>
> <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> 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  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..
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
>> Behalf Of *sbranyan at cox.net
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 20, 2021 8:21 PM
>> *To:* ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
>> *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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