[Lowfer] A knight at the Opera

[Mitch Powell]

Robert:
Try your Vibroplex with BEST BENT WIRE TREE and really swing it.
Used to use this in the mid/late 50s with the Russian station over the Pole....during the cold war and they  couldn't work us. But they always answered this with 2 dots., so we all knew they were there.
This was before electronic keyers - and we lost all the individuality.
QTH  78N 103W..... how's that for a quiet spot ?

Also - you might check out the LWCA site   http://www.lwca.org  for lots of good stuff.

73
Mitch VE3OT   ex VE8WN/VE8MD

On 2013-12-06, at 9:56 AM, Robert Rode wrote:

> ...P.S.,   There is just one guy around here on Lowfer freqs., I dont know
> him well, but he speaks of digital modes like Wolf, etc., and qrss
> stuff,.guess it is neccessary,   Wonder if you are "up" on lowfer freqs?  I
> made a few things from original yellow book to rx, I was good at finding
> ndb stuff, but then thats easy,..can u tell me in 100 words or less what
> you are doing ?  on 187kc/ etc.,  Hope Im not pestering you,  thanks again,
>  W9ESX
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Robert Rode <midnitetoaker58 at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> ...Jay,...dont ya just love it ? makes me grin even when I hear a Cuban
>> station on 40 meters, I know who he is before he says so,..used to be 4
>> guys on 40 after midnite, that I "knew" like that,....Matter of fact, I
>> always drag out my "dahs" a bit....one or two guys know me like
>> that,..Never could get the hang of automatic keyers, My trusty old Vibro
>> plex is just plain,  "ME"     I think maybe I was re-incarnated, used to
>> love listening to shore station WCC and fall asleep on the couch, listening
>> to world news and wall street info,......see ya,   de W9ESX   73
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 6:21 AM, <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Slurred Cw
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes ... and the famous 'banana boat swing' ... LZ and CO stations with
>>> their 'patented' buzzy note ... chirpy stations out of UA, familiar
>>> fading/QSB patterns etc. Was a great time to be a cw op ... could almost
>>> 'divine' the stations country/location before he sent the call sign! Most
>>> cw signals these days are perfect with little to distinguish one from
>>> another.
>>> 
>>> Jay W1VD
>>> 
>>> 
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