[CW] Fake or Real? MGY

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

From: Joe Pontek Sr <v31jp1957 at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 9, 2020, 22:14
To: D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net>

Valdemar Poulsen invented the wire recorder in around 1889 and it may well
have been used to record the transmission of MGY.
I have heard this recording before, but have not seen any reporting or
evidence as to it authenticity.

I do laugh at comments about CW speed with straight keys as oneof my
Elmers, as we call them today, was a maritime operator in the Caribbean and
when he checked me out for I took my Extra exam could still send around
30-35 WPM on a straight key.  I could easily copy it, but my failing was
being able to write fast enough, 20-25 WPM was my limit.  That was in 1968,
now probably worse now with progressive arthritis.

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