[AMRadio] Cw

[Bernie Doran]

It had been 40m years for me with no CW and I am as nervous as when I was a 
novice (1954)   But after abt five days now it is starting to come back, 
this is probably good excerise for the old brain.   I just feel sorry for 
the guys that try to figure out what I am sending. Interesting too that it 
is easy to find someone calling CQ.    After a few years of AM I really 
dislike the poor quality of ssb.  I wonder why anyone uses ssb for general 
communication.  Bernie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Gazdzinski" <b.gaz at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Cw


>I used to really enjoy CW before I got into AM.
> Lots of slow novices around to chat with.
> I guess my brain worked better way back, but I have a hard time with CW 
> now.
>
> I did make one quick contact after I built a K2, but got so excited about 
> it I ended it quickly.
> I used to be a solid 25 wpm guy, and always used a streight key from radio 
> shack 35 years ago.
> Its still the only key I have..
>
> I made a half hearted attempt to build a CW rig last year, superhet and a 
> single 6146 or something, got the chassis half punched for the receiver 
> section and then put it aside.
> I have the product detector worked out, and some good filters, and an old 
> Collins pto for the TX vfo.
> Old buzzard style, seperate rx and tx sharing the power supply in one 
> cabinet, zero beat, manual tx/rx switching, all tubes.
>
> I do have a Wilderness radio Sierra, works well for a fist full of parts.
>
> I seem to be to lazy to work at CW though, and after 30 years of non use, 
> it IS work.
>
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