[R-390] Oxygen Free Wire

[Roy Morgan]

At 12:32 AM 2/16/2004 -0700, signalshifter wrote:
>  ...  I went into a high end stereo shop  ... for ... three feet of 
> cable.  ... all I cared
>about was the pretty colors the braded cable has, and I was purchasing it to
>use as cable for my Straight keys, and a Bug.

Ken,

You may have missed an opportunity for some good leg pulling.

You could have assumed a very surreptitious manner and whispered to the 
fellow that you are experimenting with some advanced digital 
modes.  Mention that you need his confidence and not to tell any one, but 
you think that Class D operation with modest signal levels in the 7 
megacycles range is just right at a baud rate of about 12.  Explain that 
you think his wonderful cable is going to improve the image delivered by 
the interconnects. You could hint about experiments with furniture grade 
wood disks grown in a temperate climate used to manage the mechanical 
vibrations affecting the tones in the lower midrange.

He will never know that what you are *really* telling him is:
  - You are running 50 watts on 40 meters CW
  - Your average code speed is 12 WPM
  - You just dig the colors in his cable
  - Your straight key has a finger knob made of local grown cherry wood.
  - You copy CW with a note at about 800 cycles.
  - You are gonna laugh all the way home.

Roy
Whose paddle has finger pieces of Uhmurrikan Walnut and a cord of fancy red 
microphone cable.

- Roy Morgan, K1LKY since 1959 - Keep 'em Glowing!
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