[CW] Fwd: [MWA] QRS CW Ops Tests Wednesday/Thursday​

[Rick Dettinger via CW]

Not only did every transmission need to be logged, but a certain amount of on air time had to be accumulated in the log in order to justify license renewal.
And, we had to monitor CONELRAD in case WWIII started while we were on the air.
And we needed to notify the Engineer in Charge for all portable operations, even in our own call area.
And, if we moved, we needed to get another call in the new area.
Yep, I remember well!  A half a century ago.

73,
Rick  K7MW




On Nov 10, 2014, at 5:39 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW wrote:

> What a wonderful activity, put away the keyboards, perhaps polish up the straight key and relive your first QSO at slow speed.
> 
> I worked my first QSO with WA3DAK and I had to ask him several times if he "really could hear me" - I was just overwhelmed that the transmitter - EICO 720 worked after a few months of calling into a shorted coax that unknown to me (thank you Dad, WA1DRR) when I woke up for another presumably fruitless page of CQ - No signals heard log entries.  Remember when every transmission had to be logged?
> 
> 73
> David N1EA
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