[CW] New Club for Morse Code Enthusiasts

Sun Jan 3 09:28:27 EST 2010

OK, you pulled it out of me:  Pakistani has to win the "Golden Comma".

The comma was used as a "high power warning" - and persisted from the
old days when it would be sent prior to throwing on the high QRO power
so the near by operators wouldn't suffer hearing loss.

It was sent thus:

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaah dit dit Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

In later years - up until 1999 it was most often heard when someone
was doing something stupid - like calling WCC - Chatham Massachusetts
Radio - on 500 kHz during the daytime on 500 kHz from the Mediterrian
Sea, or calling ANYONE too damn much without letting up, or violating
the SP - Silent Period.

Of course sending the comma was also a violation of the Silent Period
- but this was generally overlooked - unless you heard a second comma
which warned of the first comma  being IN the silent period.

73

DR

73
DR

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:43 AM, DANNY DOUGLAS <N7DC at comcast.net> wrote:
> Sudanese, Yemenese have to be on that list.
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry Mei'l's" <meils at get2net.dk>
> To: <djringjr at gmail.com>; "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 3:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [CW] New Club for Morse Code Enthusiasts
>
>
>> 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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