[AMRadio] cw

[Larry Szendrei]

On 9/22/13 10:40 AM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Larry Szendrei <ne1s at securespeed.us 
> <mailto:ne1s at securespeed.us>> wrote:
>
>     For a ton of CW fun, try the AWA 1929 Bruce Kelley QSO Party which
>     is held for two 24-hour periods (on two consecutive weekends)
>     after Thanksgiving.
>
> I'd call that more of an operating event than contest, Larry. As you 
> say, folks are on there making contacts with old HB gear at a casual 
> pace, not the more typical fake '599 stomp on others' format. I love 
> listening in to the signals: the whoops, the chirps, and plenty of 
> interesting notes.
I think that's why they call it a "QSO party," which seems to designate  
a less-frantic and more respectful operating style. Yep, you'll hear 
some really scary-sounding signals from so-called "self-rectifying" 
rigs, as well as ones that could be mistaken for a state-of-the-art rig 
(or at least well-implemented XTAl control), and everything in between. 
It's all fun.
>
> Somewhere I have the makings of one of these little transmitters boxed 
> up. Tube socket, air variable, two long glass tubes. You might've seen 
> it in the stash up over the garage when you visited VT some years 
> back. Might even get it built one day!
Hope you do! I may have seen it - that was quite a while ago, and I was 
already on sensory overload after touring the main house ;-)
>
> It's an excellent opportunity to hear how the bands sounded so many 
> decades ago even if you don't get to operate it.
>
>
Definitely!

73,
-Larry/NE1S