[CW] (no subject)

Tue Dec 24 20:34:05 EST 2013

Frank ....    thanks ...    Some of the famous musicians here in the states were hams ....  

This is wonderful hobby  ....  we have the 1903 Historic Marconi Station here nearby on Cape Cod ..... I have met two of Marconi's daughters.... 
Gioia and Elettra .... Gioia is no longer with us ....  Elettra has come to Cape Cod for several events celebrating her father's radio accomplishments... 
We have made many close friendships through amateur radio ....  In 2015 I will be licensed for 60 years as a ham ... !!!!!!!! 

Keep pounding that key  !! 

Whitey  K1VV 
W1AA - Pres. Marconi Radio Club 

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From: "FM" <ruben.bestard at infomed.sld.cu> 
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 7:50:26 PM 
Subject: Re: [CW] (no subject) 

Hello Whitey!  Its amazing but the best telegraph radio men at II World War was Musicians. Yes, as you hear now. Mostly of CW Operators have a GOOD EAR for music. 

Isn't great? 

Frank CO2IR 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: k1vv at comcast.net 
To: David J J 
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 11:21 AM 
Subject: Re: [CW] (no subject) 

Dave .... 

We moved to East Sandwich in Dec 2011 ...  I did not get a temporary HF station set up for almost 2 years ....  

When I first started working CW again ...   I was surprised ... My ability to "COPY" CW did not suffer .... 

But my manual dexterity with the paddles on my "touch" keyer did .... I had to practice some before I felt comfortable on the air .. 

It is commonly thought that intelligence has nothing to do with the ability to copy CW ......  Supposedly Musicians are "better" at it.... 

Something I have noticed in my 59 years of ham radio .......there are no dopes that are real good at it .... 

Whitey  K1VV 

----- Original Message -----

From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net> 
To: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>, "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 12:07:05 AM 
Subject: Re: [CW] (no subject) 

Remember, Richard, 

If you're not on the air for a while, you're speed goes down.  Even after nearly 50 years of doing this, often for 8 to 12 hours a day every day on ship, I now operate about an hour a day.  I did some QRQ, maybe it was just my uncoordinated day, but I could not send 45 wpm on the paddles.  I did better on the bug, but even the bug didn't sound really good like it did the last time I used it.  Forget the hand key, rotten code.  Sideswiper worked fine though - I guess it is an easy key to send with.  I found it so on ship, the vibrations didn't bother it, and you could rattle off 30 to 35 wpm easily.  I admit it is easier to send 35 with a bug for a few hours though. 

First the Sending goes, then the copying, then the memory goes, then ... ...  ... I forget. 

73 
DR 

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