[GreenKeys] 2 meter AFSK & CW....

[Duncan Brown]

I have heard regularly scheduled CW practice on one of the 2M FM 
repeaters around here a few years ago.

Duncan

On 20-Nov-13 09:55, Linger, Mike wrote:
>
> Yep, in the late 60's I used to use my old (newer at the time) Regency 
> HR-2 two-meter transceiver to do AFSK and even used it on CW.  
> What?,.....CW.  Yes, back then both I and another ham here in town 
> were getting together to study theory and practice CW, getting our 
> code speed up to 20+ WPM so we could go take the Amateur Extra class 
> FCC test.  We quickly came to the conclusion that we could do it from 
> home by going through the theory on two meter simplex.  A couple of 
> others joined in too.  After that we each took an old code practice 
> audio buzzer (later an audio oscillator), keyed up the mike button, 
> held the mike in front of the buzzer and sent CW back and forth across 
> town.  It worked great and we each were comfortable at about 24-25 wpm 
> when we went to take our test.
>
> ........Mike, WA5MOE.
>
>
>
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