- 21. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:52:30 +0200
- It was a plastic coffin, Jim. I buried my fist in it. Since then I have been using a machine-generated fist. Wish I still had it, just for old time sake. Couldn't afford a Vibroplex as a teenager. By
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00068.html (10,065 bytes)
- 22. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:01:08 -0400
- Yep....Or... they will go shopping! That's what I might do ! Happy 4th Y'all !! -- K8JHR -- ______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TenTec maili
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00069.html (10,158 bytes)
- 23. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: "Curt" <rhulett1@consolidated.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:03:00 -0500
- I can't claim any talent, but less than 50 watts ( often less than 5 watts ) to an 88' EDZ produced DXCC over the course of 2 years. The DX ops ( especially those on expeditions ) are the ones with t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00070.html (9,893 bytes)
- 24. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Lowman <jmlowman@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:49:53 -0700
- Speaking of heavy paddles - yesterday I ordered a P-4 from Jerry, K8RA. This thing is a beast - at 5 lbs, it's about two pounds heavier than my Mercury paddle. You'd have to be a boxer to move this a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00071.html (9,594 bytes)
- 25. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: k3miy@csonline.net
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 14:41:55 -0400
- Man! I must have talent. I worked 48 countries wit a 155 feet vertical loop 10 feet off the ground with 100 watts. Ron K3MIY -- This mail sent through CSOnline Webmail http://webmail.csonline.net ___
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00072.html (11,488 bytes)
- 26. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: k3miy@csonline.net
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 14:53:53 -0400
- Jim "Code Worrier"!? Didn't know one had to worry about it :-) Ron K3MIY -- This mail sent through CSOnline Webmail http://webmail.csonline.net _______________________________________________ TenTec
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00073.html (10,573 bytes)
- 27. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:23:02 -0400
- Then... why are you on the computer and not drinking another toast to somebody's health or something ? ! ? I will pour a nice double bourbon and toast the two of you, and the rest of the group, as we
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00076.html (9,506 bytes)
- 28. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Lowman <jmlowman@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:24:41 -0700
- Aha! Someone finally caught on to the joke! 73 de Jim - AD6CW _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/te
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00077.html (8,659 bytes)
- 29. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:25:18 -0400
- WOW... THAT sounds pretty good. -- K8JHR -- _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contes
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00078.html (8,541 bytes)
- 30. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 17:52:30 -0500
- Being an Official Olde Fahrt (QCWA and OOTC member) I took all my tests under the baleful eye of the FCC. When I took my Extra test, I brought my Vibroplex and the wedge contacts, so I could use just
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00081.html (10,502 bytes)
- 31. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Lowman <jmlowman@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:05:40 -0700
- Kim, I guess now I belong in that same fraternity. I was excited when I had been a ham for 25 years and could join the QCWA. However, I was all of 42 years old. I looked at their periodic publication
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00082.html (10,137 bytes)
- 32. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: k3miy@csonline.net
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 19:48:02 -0400
- Reminds me of the time I was dragged to the Pittsburgh Federal Bldg to take my General and Advanced (was a Conditional). The examiner let me send three letters and passed me. We are not Olde Fahrts,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00083.html (11,838 bytes)
- 33. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry Haigwood" <jerry@w5jh.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:41:48 -0500
- My story is a bit different. I went into Chicago to take the General Test (I was a Novice). I passed the receiving test just fine. Now comes the sending test. The examiner was having all the people a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00084.html (13,216 bytes)
- 34. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 20:20:29 -0500
- The QCWA is a bit... Quaint. But, their newsletter does occasionally have interesting historical articles. Most of the members are way older than I am (I'm 56), retired (I'm far from that) and are be
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00086.html (11,598 bytes)
- 35. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 20:47:15 -0500
- Got my Novice at the age of 17 and that would be in 1959. Worked CW exclusively for about 6 mos., because that was the way it was done back then. Got the speed, understanding and proficiency as neede
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00087.html (13,788 bytes)
- 36. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:24:22 -0400
- _____________________________________________________ I like these OT stories about the old days. This bit about not having a visor and a pair of garter made me giggle. I am getting the impression th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00089.html (10,020 bytes)
- 37. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: "TroyW6HV" <w6hv@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:36:15 -0700
- Well, that sparked a memory. When I took the extra I had no idea you could bring your own bug. I took the test with their straight key (shudder) and managed to pass. The next guy up sat down, opened
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00090.html (11,401 bytes)
- 38. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:50:15 -0500
- Uh oh. My secret is out! Actually, I *did* do something like that for an '89er day celebration in Junior High School (1889 was the last Land Run in Oklahoma and I went to school in Tulsa). I was dres
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00091.html (10,437 bytes)
- 39. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:09:50 -0400
- The only sad bit, is you will probably never get a chance to get even with him ! A guy once pulled a joke on me in court when I was a rookie, and I had to wait 20 years before I had a suitable chance
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00093.html (9,953 bytes)
- 40. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 09:34:17 +0200
- Now Jim, that's pretty much like my experience. When I hit QCWA qualification, I was 39 years old, still in great physical shape (except missing a few hair on top). I went to a QCWA meeting in Friedr
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00096.html (11,712 bytes)
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