[CW] E.F. Johnson Speed-X 114-501 Questions

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Yes, you certainly did. Ed was a Prince.

I knew a blind ham, Steve Wright, WB1FJH, who looked up hams in Winthrop to
take his Novice, Stew Perry was his neighbor.  Steve died suddenly about
five years ago, fortunately his two girls were adults by that time. He was
a good father, and CW operator.  He was vintage 1970s. He used a Vibroplex
bug!  Great fist.

We still haven't heard from the original poster about what he'd like to
know.

73

DR
N1EA

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 22:18 Chris R. NW6V <chrisrut7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> DR,
>
> What a thrill!
>
> Back in 1960, at age 11, I took my novice exam in the home/radio museum of
> Ed Raser, W2ZI (ex 2ZI - SK). After I passed the test, Ed had me send a
> single CQ on a spark transmitter set up in the museum, than laughed and
> said "You're a real ham now. You just knocked out every TV within a half
> mile."
>
> 73 Chris NW6V
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:17 PM Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
>>     A friend, my mentor, built a rotary arc for a demonstration.
>> It was tuned on top of KNX, a local broadcast station. We put it
>> on the air for a few seconds and I got to key it. What a hoot, it
>> probably woke people up for a mile around. No wonder they were
>> called rock crushers.
>>
>> On 8/21/2019 6:28 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
>> > It's always best to ask away, don't bother asking if anyone's had one,
>> > some of us are old goats who just threw out our father's quenched
>> > spark transmitter.
>> >
>> > 73
>> > DR
>> > N1EA
>>
>> --
>> Richard Knoppow
>> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
>> WB6KBL
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