[ARC5] Straight-keys vs bugs.

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 8 Jul 2012 at 15:46, Leslie Smith wrote:

> very simple device - the telegraph key.  I am not aware of any Brit
> using a "bug".

Hmmm...although I cannot quote a specific instance, I DO know that when an American radio 
man was shot down somewhere in the Pacific, an Aussie coast-watcher rescued him and put 
him to work.

There was a program on PBS some time ago about this. The Aussie's statement about the 
American's CW ability was that, "...he was accurate enough, but his Morse was a little 
slow...".

During the program, the American radio man (both men were still alive and in their 80s at the 
time this program was filmed), mentioned that his code speed was around 30 wpm at the 
time.

If the Aussie thought the American's "...Morse was a little slow...", neither one of them could 
have been using a straight key. (!!!!!!)

Ken W7EKB