[Elecraft] Samuel Morse's birthday (Friday, April 27th); good excuse to break out your old hand keys

[Wayne Burdick]

FWIW, I’m calling CQ on 14038 right now. Band is noisy but W1AW is booming in.

Wayne
N6KR


> On Apr 25, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> 
> So where and when might we find you?  Can I still use my keyer?  My hand key looks like a work of art but is so clunky even Alfred would have rejected it.  Sam is reported to have been so distraught that his numerical dictionary was being rejected in favor of "copying by ear" that he took to bed for several months.  Sadly, it wasn't his bed, he was a guest at a friends house.  We do have a guest room, but need advance notice should you plan to become equally distraught.  More than a day or two and we'll have to schedule a trip to Costco. Granddaughter's track meet is canceled on Fri, I will have time.
> 
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
> 
> On 4/25/2018 8:24 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> No matter how busy I am tomorrow, I aim to make at least one QSO on this coming Friday in honor of Samuel Morse’s birth (227 years ago!). I’ll be dusting off my oldest hand key for the occasion, one with a leg strap and Levi’s-style button that was used by the South African army circa WW2.
>> 
>> If you have an even older hand key, and you manage to get its contacts cleaned in time for this auspicious date, please send me a photo of it. I’ll collect the photos and post them on the Elecraft website photo gallery.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR