[Elecraft] REAL CW!!

[Tom Price]

I am generally a lurker here but I HAD to tell you, Ron D'Eau Claire, how
much I enjoyed these links. I was called a "LID" in 1975 for less, and here
30 years later I feel better as I now have a defense. WOW what an eye (ear)
opener!
	It brought back a vivid memory of my Uncle Jesse, who was a radio
operator for the US Navy on an ocean going tugboat (forgot the name). It was
1967 or 1968 and we met him on his boat at San Pedro, California. He was
just about to get off work but was copying 5 letter code groups to paper. He
was writing these 5 letter codes with one hand and flipping the pages of a
newly purchased Playboy magazine with the other, commenting at the pictures
at the same time. I asked about it later and he said it became automatic
after a while. He also said that the message was possibly classified but he
never knew whether it was or not. Someone else decoded it. 

	Again Ron, Thank you, this is great fun and infinitely enjoyable.
I'm even going to bookmark that site.

Tom Price WA6SUS

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:02 PM
To: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: [Elecraft] REAL CW!!

Much has been written on this reflector about the sound of the sidetone,
particularly the K2's sidetone, and about stability and narrow band
clickless keying, stable signals, with today's operators asking for
razor-sharp selectivity in order to copy signals in a crowded band. 

Here are some recordings of actual COMMERCIAL CW maritime signals on the 600
meter (500 KHz) band from the 1970's in European waters....