[Elecraft] Hearing CW - Fundamental Keying Waveform?

[Thom R LaCosta]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

>
> Y'know there was actually a time when a fellow could tune across a band,
> especially 80 or 40, and immediately recognize various stations by the
> keying characteristic of their rig and their fists on a mechanical key.
> Different stations had distinctively different voices. By comparison,
> listening on the ham bands today is rather like attending a party where
> everyone speaks with an identical artificial computer-produced "voice" <G>

THere was a time when you could find a neighborhood bakery...and in large 
cities, you could find ethnic neighborhoods with their own bakeries, groceries, 
and churches.

There was also a time when you could find solid wood furnature that was 
affordable....or restaurants that didn't buy pre-cooked meals from a vendor.

With all the improvements in today's world, we seem to have lost a lot of the 
personality and flavor of many things.

I'm happy to be able to remember recognizing a station by the sound of the cw 
note and the fist of the operator....

I'm tempted to jot down Hal as the name of many guys I work...the same note, the 
same fist.

Perhaps it's time to add some more items to
http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/qrpretro.html

73,Thom-k3hrn
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