[R-390] 390s in "I Walk the Line"

[John Lawson]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Roy Morgan wrote:

> At 12:50 AM 11/21/2005, Les Locklear wrote:
>> He was a high speed morse intercept operator in the Air Force. I believe he 
>> was stationed at Chicksands.
>
>
> Interesting.  The most capable CW operator/contester that I know is a member 
> of the U.S. Navy Band - he plays trombone and similar.  'Seems as if 
> musicians have a knack for the code.


    Waaalll - I started piano when I was six, pipe organ at 12, picked up 
violin and viola in high school and college - at one point I intended to 
become a concert pianist - but that's a particularly rare gift and if you 
ain't got them chops...  anyway in Jr. High my Parallel Passion of 
electronics took over and I got my degree in that, but I've been a 
semi-pro musician all this time, owned a couple of studios, composed for 
films and shows, have a few CDs, etc.

   All That Being Said - it was nearly impossible for me to get to 13 WPM 
to pass my General - it took months of very frustrating study-grind, and I 
forgot the stuff about 45 seconds after I passed the exam - several times 
I've thought to just pick it up so I could at least carry on a QSO - had 
many tapes, CDs and several computer programs (including a WWII 
Instructograph) - all to no avail. The effort of learning Code for me is 
much greater than the possible returns...  a shame too, because I like the 
old boatanchor stuff - but, that's just the way it is.

   So the "musician = easy code" axiom doesn't hold for me... (damn!)


   Cheers

John  KB6SCO
R-390; R-390A; R-388