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[Ian C. Purdie]

To John John 9 V 1 V V

Whom wrote, in part, as an attachment at my QTH:

"On the subject of speed, is it really the mark of a great operator? I
have heard some ops using keyboards at 50-60 wpm. I much prefer
listening to a slow swingy bug or stuttering straight key than  a
machine....maybe that's why I am Second Class, being a straight key man
mostly all these years since joining the merchant navy."

Dad never used a keyboard, they weren't really invented for general use
in his time.

I once saw my OM back in the 1950's and when we still had telegrams
[Western Union]. At the nearest Post Office they sent messages by
overland CW like the olden days. The OM on this occasion, sent in one
hand and transcribed an incoming message with the other hand.
Simultaneously.

I shan't mention the money changing hands with my father that the senior
operator obviously "sucked" his juniors into in a "sucker bet". The
senior operator had served with Dad during WW11 and was taught by him as
a WAG [Wireless Air Gunner]

The OB walked out with a huge grin and the pounds [dollars] in his
pocket which was money for nothing.

I think I was 13 at the time.

True Story...


72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
Budgewoi N.S.W. Australia - Co-ords S33°14', E151°34'
VK2TIP "I'll give ya the TIP mate" QRP-L #1978. SOC #171 FP#91
http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/