[CW] Vibroplex Lightning seen in "The Unit"

[Raymond Lee]

Dave

I shall take that as a compliment. [?]

73's de Ray


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 9:22 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> Ray,
>
> You had a very nice signal last month when I worked you.  Of course I have
> been looking for you every opening to SE Asia and finally heard you.  I
> can't  count how many times I heard W7 and W6 calling you and you were too
> weak to copy here, but finally I heard you with strong signals.
>
> You are a Master Telegraphist of the First Order, sweet sounding radio
> signals my friend.
>
> 73
>
> DR
> N1EA
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Raymond Lee <vr2uw.ray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi David
>>
>> In VR2 land, active CW hams are not pretty much.  I do on air quite often
>> but do not have a beam antenna to work the east coast under fair
>> propagation.
>>
>> In BY territories, most junior hams prefer contest type working by means
>> of keyboard CW; aged hams who are proficient in manual CW mostly veterans
>> of the armed forces.
>>
>> What you described the "long swim" was actually the "great escape" in
>> 1962, some of those swimmers became really rich in the subsequent years.
>>
>> 73's de Ray, VR2UW
>>
>>
>>  On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:52 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting, Ray.
>>>
>>> How about an update on Morse use in Hong Kong, and also on the
>>> mainland.  I know many who swam to freedom to finally reach Kowloon, HK --
>>> a long swim.
>>>
>>> Good signals to USA on 40 m at sunset HK time.
>>>
>>> Are we going to have any CW operators from HK?
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> DR
>>>  On Nov 4, 2013 5:26 AM, "Raymond Lee" <vr2uw.ray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  The knob and paddle of a Vibroplex Lightning bug that seen in Season
>>>> 3 Episode 1 of an American TV series “The Unit” were improperly fitted,
>>>> yet, the actor’s “fist” deemed inappropriate.  Pictures are shown on
>>>> the following links:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47864282@N02/10667345415/
>>>>
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47864282@N02/10667580143/
>>>>
>>>> 73's de Ray, VR2UW
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>> CW mailing list
>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw
>>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>>> Post: mailto:CW at mailman.qth.net
>>>> CW List ARCHIVES: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/
>>>>
>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>>>
>>>> =30=
>>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> CW mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:CW at mailman.qth.net
>>> CW List ARCHIVES: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/
>>>
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>>
>>> =30=
>>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> CW mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:CW at mailman.qth.net
>> CW List ARCHIVES: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
>> =30=
>>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> CW mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:CW at mailman.qth.net
> CW List ARCHIVES: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
> =30=
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/attachments/20131104/89197042/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 360.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 453 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/cw/attachments/20131104/89197042/attachment-0001.gif>