[CW] ebook2cw

mikea mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Thu Oct 29 07:12:32 EDT 2009


On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:26:54AM -0400, David Ring wrote:
> HB,
> 
> You need code practice the way Egyptian radio operators need extra weights
> for their Vibroplex because they cannot control their dots when sending
> messages to one of the finest Sparks our United States Navy has ever known.
>  Our Navy met their match in "Matchine Gun" Matty of Suez Navigational
> Control Radio.  I'm sure he was taught by some of the excellent British
> radio operators that ran the Suez a few decades before.
> 
> I'm sure that he was sure drinking that strong Egyptian coffee they serve
> that's as thick as syrup and served in tiny cups with grounds at the bottom
> - it's the only stuff I've ever tasted that is stronger than the coffee that
> kept the mid watch humming on one of our grey fleet.

> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:31 PM, K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >  Now that is slick!  Practice code on ur iPod during drive time!

It is slick indeed, and I have a lot of Project Gutenberg books to
convert to MP3. But not at 40 wpm, that's for sure! 

My motto? "QRS. QRV."

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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