[Elecraft] How to Flub Morse BIG TIME

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

So, any Ham who's ever touch the paddles or a key has gotten his (or her)
fingers in a knot and made some pretty embarrassing mistakes sending CW.
But, at least, they were probably only noticed by the operator at the other
end.

How about someone who messes up Morse for all to see for hundreds of miles
around, and then it pounds on with the relentless repetition only an
automatic message can do?

My good friend Mychael (a.k.a. "the toroidguy") AA3WF sent this along to me
about the city where he lives, and where Morse seems permanently mangled:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09193/983408-53.stm


and a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fTYzoSDAS4


He writes, "Our attempts to get the situation rectified fell on deaf ears,
so perhaps this recent attention can see the situation remedied!"

We can only hope but, after all, aren't newspapers notorious for mangled
spelling? (If anyone remembers what a newspaper looks like, that is.)

73 to my fellow CW enthusiasts - keep pounding brass, no matter what.

Ron AC7AC