[Boatanchors] [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIGROUNDUP

[Bry Carling]

Yup - that ios great Jim.  I have learned to type (slowly) on the computer with my LEFT hand while sending CODE with the right!


Bry AF4K / WN4NRR


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From: Boatanchors <boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Jim <Jbrannig at verizon.net>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 8:14 AM
To: manualman at juno.com; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIGROUNDUP

When I got my Novice, I was given a right handed Vibroplex.
Same problem, I'm a lefty.....but I mastered it and continue to send righty
with an electronic keyer.

There is an advantage.  We can log or take notes with our left hand and send
with the right.
To this day CW, shooting and golf are the only things I do right handed.

Jim




When we were down at Radio Row, as a present to myself for passing the
General, I bought myself a Vibroplex bug. Prior to that, I used a
straight key, and since I was left-handed, all my sending was done with
my left hand. When I went to buy the bug, a left-handed Vibroplex was $10
or $15 more in price. Being a teenager with limited funds in the big
city, I opted to buy the "regular" right-handed bug and taught myself how
to send code with my right hand. It was like starting over again to learn
to send code but in time I mastered it. Years later I bought an Vibroplex
Iambic keyer and also use that with my right hand. But, when I use a
straight key, I still send code with my left hand. I tried using my right
hand on the straight key but could not get the rhythm down correctly. At
times it sounded like I had reverted back to my pre-Novice days.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Thu, 9 Feb 2017 05:20:12 -0600 Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
writes:
> You got the cigar and furniture down -- good memory!
>
> How do I know this, a ham from Chicago who never set foot in NYC?
>
> 1955 ed. of So You Want To Be A Ham by Hertzberg (I think).  Whole
> chapter devoted to how to get a ticket,  the whole exam process
> with
> several photos of Mr. Finkleman (That's Mister Finkleman in 1955)
> a.k.a. W2UHS IIRC, in double breasted suit  and cigars.
>
> I would have liked everything about Radio Row except hauling the
> loot
> home on the subway and train.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
> On 2/8/17, manualman at juno.com <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> > Back then, the FCC testing office was at the Federal Building,
> 641
> > Washington St, NYC. I forget what floor but the building had a
> creaky
> > elevator run by a creepy old man.
> > And Charlie Finkleman was the gruff, cigar smoking examiner. The
> > furniture was old school-type desks that had seen much better
> days. You
> > could easily punch a hole in the writing paper with the paper
> laying on
> > the desk. After you passed the written exam, he came to each
> person
> > remaining, handed them a paper, and said send. I think I sent
> maybe 8 to
> > 15 characters (wasn't much) and he said "stop", you passed. Then,
> he
> > handed out the written exam, sat in the front, and continually
> puffed on
> > his cigar.
> >
> > Then me and three other friends (we all passed the General) walked
> down
> > to Radio Row to celebrate and buy stuff. Then we had to drag it
> all on
> > the subway and back to Penn Station, to take the train back to
> Jersey.
> >
> > Pete, wa2cwa
> >
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