> I also would like a copy.
W5IOK
w5iok@windstream.net
73 & thanks
Ed
> From: "Ronald C. McConnell" <rcmcc@embarqmail.com>
> Date: 2008/01/24 Thu PM 09:37:22 CST
> To: "Ten-Tec list" <tentec@contesting.com>
> CC: Ron McConnell <rcmcc@embarqmail.com>
> Subject: [TenTec] S. F. B. Morse III, W6FZZ on CW speed
>
>
> S. F. B. Morse III, W6FZZ on CW speed
>
> Friday, November 30, 2007 2:14 PM,
> on the Ten-Tec list, I wrote,
>
> > FYI, Samuel F. B. Morse III, W6FZZ,
> > SFBM's grandson (not great- or great-great-grandson)
> > was a FB Morse code champion at both the American Morse
> > (actually Vail) and International codes at about 75 wpm.
> > I see on QRZ.com that his license was renewed in June 1996
> > and expired June 2006. There was
> > some sort of update to the QRZ page in March 2006.
> > It shows an email address. But he must be a SK by now.
> > _Somewhere_safe_ I have a handwritten letter
> > by SFBM III giving some tips on achieving speed
> >at Morse Code. It was sent to a mutual friend
> > [Gil Gray] who gave it to me.
> >Just gotta remember where "safe" is.
>
> Well, "safe" turned out to be in my folder
> of stuff about the APL-JHU's mobile automata
> (a.k.a. robots) on which I worked in the early 1960s.
> Why there?
>
> I have scanned the letter, 2 1/4 pages and the envelope,
> and run it through the OCR which worked remarkably well
> with only a few minor edits needed to restore
> the digital pages to agree with the paper versions.
> I've sent it to John Molenda, KB2HUK
> and Jim Hanlon, W8KGI
> who expressed interest in a copy.
> Jim mentioned putting it the Antique Wireless Assoc. Journal.
> Anyone else?
>
> Thetext file is 32KB in MS Word doc format.
> The jpeg image file of the envelope is 220KB
> and can no doubt be shrunk.
> The jpeg page images are 1.5MB, 1.8MB and 570KB,
> just FYI.
>
> Cheers, 73,
>
> Ron McC.
> W2IOL
>
> w2iol@arrl.net
>
> Ronald C. McConnell, PhD
>
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