[Elecraft] WWV for calibration.

Tue Jan 22 17:44:10 2002

Keys are not always safer. I was at a party once, and accidentally heard =
WG4T on cw. I just had to get that into the log, but Richard (KR4W) =
didn't have a key. His rigs (I don't remember what kind, but they had =
fire-bottles inside, and the transmitter was about the size of a =
footlocker, as was the receiver) keyed an 800v line. I found a pair of =
alligator clip leads, and with one held on the desk, and the other in my =
keying hand, I got the contact. Not very fast, tho.

I think it's just wonderful the K2 keys on 5v. I probably am remembering =
some of this wrong, because they didn't give 1x3's to novices. I guess I =
started as a Technician or General. I know I only upgraded twice. I know =
I never had a 2x2. Anyone remember the "old" callsign rules? (Sometime =
between 1979 and 1981).

Dan / WG4S / nee N4GMN / K2 #2456

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ron ZL1TW
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 2:48 PM
To: Dan Barker
Cc: Elecraft
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] WWV for calibration.

One has to wonder what Dan said into his microphone on this (obviously)=20
momentous occasion?
Keys are obviously safer in that respect.
Cheers......Ron ZL1TW

Dan Barker wrote:-

>Phone isn't complicated, It's painful! This was before my Amateur Extra =

>[1], but couldn't have been Novice (I never was a General or =
Technician)=20
>because they don't do phone. Anyhow, I had an HW-101, a random wire, a=20
>tuner and no ground (smart, no). Anyhow, the RF burn on my lip hurt for =

>weeks, and I've been CW only since.
>
>Boy, you guys bring back memories I really didn't need.

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