John,
I was under the notion that only Catholic CW OPs
practiced the "Rhythm-method"!!! :-)))
Jim/ee
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--- "JOHN H. LEWIS" <ad4fz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I thought this "Rhythm Method" was the norm in 1956
> when I was first
> licensed(KN4KAZ). I had this rhythm whether on a
> straight or bug key. And
> I was a musician, ...still am.
>
> John-AD4FZ
>
> =======================0============================
> Sure can tell you guys aren't musicians .. Or at
> least don't have "rhythm"
> :-)
>
> It is quite possible to send excellent "non-swing"
> CW on a bug, but that
> musical meter... There was an NCS on the Texas CW
> Traffic Net back in the
> mid-80's .. wish I could recall his call sign .. All
> you had to do was hear
> him send a couple of words and you'd know exactly
> who was sitting on the
> key. I knew quite a few operators by "sound" in the
> 50/60's. So much more
> interesting to listen to, even if a computer (had
> there been one)) would
> have most likely had a hard time with it :-)
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
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