[R-390] R390 story

Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:36:55 -0600 (CST)

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Someone was asking for R390 stories.  This one is from my good friend
Wayne, KE0BZ.  When asked why he doesn't do CW anymore, he says he got
burned out on it.  Wonder why...

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R-390 stories?

Well the most memorable involved a stunt I used to do back in the Navy
down in Panama in 1970.

As a Communications Technician, my job was to spend most of my time
copying code using a couple of rack mount R-390A's.  The headphone
outputs were wired up to a stereo headphone jack that was switched so
we
could listen to either receiver or both (one in each ear).  All our
code
copying was done on an old manual typewriter.  After a few months you
got to where code was so automatic that it did not even register in
your
head, if you heard a di-dah, your left pinky finger automatically hit
the "A" key, and so on.

Whenever we got a new guy fresh out of school, someone would bring the
newbie around to watch me work.  They would see me there with my feet
up, listening to the code station on one side of my headphones,
listening to some good rock and roll on the other side (usually Radio
Nederlands), copying code on the typewriter with one hand, holding a
cup
of coffee in the other hand, and talking to the visitors all at the
same
time (and getting perfect code copy at about 15 groups a minute).  Talk
about multi-tasking!  Needless to say, this always got the new guy
nervous.

There is my big story.

Wayne

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