[v7arcssbnet] 2m CW on Monday

[Steve Schaarschmidt]

Sidebanders,

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I checked into the Monday-evening 7:00 PM Colorado ARES 2-meter SSB Net on
3/30/2020 with John N6VTS as NCS as usual.
The "Cheap Yagi" is on a temporary mast by the front porch and is pointed
at Pikes Peak, the Kenwood TS-700A has been on the dining room table for a
week or two, and these days I'm using an instrument mic' on that handheld
microphone grip with a big pushbutton ignition switch from O-Reilly Auto
Parts.
This was one of the times that John convened a CW net a couple of minutes
after closing the sideband net.

Well, even though I am in possession of the Speedex key that Doug 'TP lent
to me a month or three ago, I couldn't find it quickly enough to plug it
in... but when I switched the '700 to CW, I found that the PTT switch
toggles to transmit AND keys the carrier... it was basically full break-in
at six words per minute!

 = Steve K0CI