[CW] New Club for Morse Code Enthusiasts

[Henry Mei'l's]

Hello David - Happy New Year to you and all on the reflector.
Do you also have a list of the worst fists you've heard? If so, I don't
think it  would be a good idea to make it public!
I often (try to) QSO with ops on the ham bands who have nearly
uncopyable cw "accents." Some can even screw up sending with
electronic keyers and keyboards by not keeping proper character
and word spacing.
73
HM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ring" <djringjr at gmail.com>
To: "DANNY DOUGLAS" <N7DC at comcast.net>
Cc: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:07 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] New Club for Morse Code Enthusiasts


I think the British - were the best on hand keys - perhaps the lovely
PS213A which was the station key at the various and many coastal
stations in the UK was part of the reason.

The Americans were known for their Vibroplex sending - listeners to
the ham bands might occasionally hear some of the best fist around.

Here is a partial list of some of the best I've ever heard:  W1HDC,
W1YT, W2HXI, W2LYH, W4AX, K4AX, W6AX, W6BNB - are some that come to
mind.

The sending of these men have brought tears to my eyes it is so good -
all of them were either Navy, Western Union, or Merchant Marine /
Coastal Radio Telegraphers at one time.

73

DR

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:59 PM, DANNY DOUGLAS <N7DC at comcast.net> wrote:
> Out of all the foreign commerical operators I ever copied, the Egyptians
> seems to be the best of the best. Some in the countries around them were
> the worst of the worst, and never did figure out why that was. Many of 
> them
> were trained under the British, in days of old (prior to WWII). I jammed a
> few fingers back then too.
> Danny Douglas
> N7DC
> ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB
> All 2 years or more (except Novice). Short stints at: DA/PA/SU/HZ/7X/DU
> CR9/7Y/KH7/5A/GW/GM/F
> Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred,
> I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for those who do.
> Moderator
> DXandTALK
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk
> Digital_modes
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_modes/?yguid=341090159
>
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