[CW] cw story time

[David J. Ring Jr - N1EA]

Ray, K7HLR sent code practice for many years on 7058 in the mornings.  I
used to listen to him when warming up the radio shack on "my" tanker, SS
KING/WAKL in the 1980s.

Ray passed away in January 2001.  He will be missed by those that knew him
and the countless more who were influenced by his love for CW.

73

David Ring
N1EA

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To: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 10:09 PM
Subject: [CW] cw story time


> Hello Folks,
>   A few years back, a friend needed a CW mentor to get his license and
> dragged me out of a protracted QRT (20+yrs). My cw skills had gotten
feeble
> (really!), but were good enough to work with a novice, and, naturally, I
got
> sucked back into CW. I found by chance, an early morning (west coast, usa)
> 7058 khz cw practice station. I thought that the call was K7HLR (I may be
> wrong!!) Whoever this was; they were broadcasting CW "story time";
absolutely
> fascinating stories of packet boats plying the Alaska/Canada coastline and
> munitions ships exploading in turn of the century N.Scotia harbors. This
> totally sucked me in! I was addicted! Before I knew what hit me, I was
> copying 30wpm and more. leaning into the earphones to catch the "rest of
the
> story". I was also losing a lot of sleep.
>   Do any of you recall this and know what happened to the station? One day
> the station was QRT and that was that. This might have been three years
ago.
> I recall trying to email the email listing in one of the call directories
but
> got no response. This was the most effective CW practice station, I have
ever
> heard. I nearly killed myself to augment my speed so I could find out
"what
> happened next". I would love to know where they got their material..truly
> interesting stuff.
> thanks much!
>  rich WA7KMA
>
>
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