[CW] New Club for Morse Code Enthusiasts

[David Ring]

I just checked - and I was WRONG.  The club is open by invitation only - but
for the first 30 days the regular nomination procedure is NOT implemented.

When we set up the by-laws, they put the speed at 25 wpm - which means that
either you have to be an expert's expert on the hand key, or you have to use
a speed key (bug, sideswiper, or electronic keyer or keyboard).  I was one
of the minority that wanted the speed to be 17 wpm which is what FOC was
(and perhaps still is).

The beginning of the club had it's rocky moments - unintentionally some of
the founders of the club (including myself) were dropped from the email that
sent out the notice.  Also unfortunately we were not added to the names on
the invitation, but we will be added in short order to the list of the
founders.

For those who have been invited, we can always change the by laws to make an
excellent hand key operator able to join.   When I was younger, I thought
"faster was better" until I saw some of the fabulous operators who used just
a hand key.  There was one fellow who worked for TRT's Slidell, Louisiana
Radio (WNU) who month after month beat the fellows with the keyboards and
electronic keyers in earning money for the station by passing traffic.  He
changed my opinion about hand key operators right away!

73

David N1EA
-30-



On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Kate Hutton <katehutton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, but what are the minimum standards?  Is there a skill level that they
> are looking for?
>
> Kate KD6HTN
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:39 PM, David Ring <djringjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For those who become members of CWops - for the first 30 days all you have
>> to do to become a member is pay your dues there is no sponsoring for these
>> "Charter Members" (those within the first 30 days).
>>
>> Join http://www.cwops.org/membership.html
>>
>> <http://www.cwops.org/membership.html>Paypal for $12.00 is the fastest
>> way to do this.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> David N1EA
>> -30-
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:21 PM, K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A new club has been formed among Amateur Radio operators who are Morse
>>> Code
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>>>
>>> Jim Talens, N3JT
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