[CW] FW: Solar Minimum and a Cooling SunBaffles Astronomers andClimatologists

[Danny Douglas]

WTOP  FM has been an odd thing here.  I listened to it many years ago, going 
and coming from overseas, and then this time when I came back it was still 
on.  Suddenly, one day, (and I only hear it when driving) it wasnt WTOP 
anymore.  They "sold out" to the Washington Post and became WASHINGTON POST 
RADIO.  Which frankly, stunk.  Then, within weeks, another station took hold 
of the frequency.  Then just a few weeks back, passing by the freq, there 
they were again.   The FM transmitter is in Warrenton Va. , where I once 
lived, and can be easily heard here, about 45 miles away - but when they 
went away, I couldnt hear their 2 or 3 AM transmitters, and felt as if old 
friends had quit visiting.  Thankfully they are back ( I hope for a long 
time), and I can hear things like "whats happened to the solar cycle" coming 
thru again.

Speaking of CW - (who was?) I heard someone ripping yesterday, and upon 
close listening (S 0-1)  there was OA4/HA1AG, almost to the point I couldnt 
read him from the speed/along with the weak signal and QSB.  He only IDd 
every 10 or 15 QSOs or so, and was doing some CQs.    Since I had no OA this 
year I gave him a shot, and he responded on my second call.  I wonder how 
many just simply didnt try a contact, due his speed.  There is a law  in 
Economics, which states that you can spend too much money and start getting 
diminishing returns.  CW is like that too.

Also, this weekend, I attended a Boy Scout Council Camporee.   Twenty Three 
different events were set up for the boys to enjoy; and passing by, I noted 
one of the said "MORSE CODE",and, since I had already been over to the ham 
radio tent, I wondered what this was all about.  Getting close, I first 
noted the two elderly gentlemen manning the booth, and then there on the 
table were two sounders.  Yep.  Railroad retirees, and they were 
demonstrated the original clicklity clack I used to hear when walking into 
my local railroad terminal building.  Good to see them out, showing 
youngesters (and many oldsters as well) what communications used to be. 
One of them said his railroad company had stopped using them completely in 
61.  I had no idea they were used that late, but should have, since I left 
home in 59, and they were still in partial use then.
Danny Douglas
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Tanton" <n4xy at earthlink.net>
To: "'CW Reflector'" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] FW: Solar Minimum and a Cooling SunBaffles Astronomers 
andClimatologists


> Yeah, me too!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of George Allgood
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:44 PM
> To: CW Reflector
> Subject: Re: [CW] FW: Solar Minimum and a Cooling Sun Baffles Astronomers
> andClimatologists
>
> Thank you Ed.
>
> Charlie Osgood was always one of my favorites on CBS Radio and Television.
> Since I retired from the broadcast biz, I don't hear him as much.
>
> George
> W4GFA
>
>
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