Ralph
Thank you for putting my feelings into words. Hope you enjoy another 44
hamming years.
73 Art WA8VSJ
71 with 41 hamming yrs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Covington" <ralph.covington@hotmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New generation ham's
Ah well..................I may be drawn and quartered but here
goes........... I have a collection of QST's back to 1919 and you would
not believe the heated discussions (cussing and discussing) about the
changeover from Spark to cw. The 'Spark Forever' group of those days have
just changed their arguments a little (read that 'updated') and now we
have the keyboards vs electronic paddles vs VibroPlexes vs handkeys (how
about a Martin AutoPlex?),and then there's the contesters vs the
weekenders vs the traffickers, etc. Come on fellows and gals, there's a
lot of bandwidth out there and even the most esoteric digital modes can
fit in. The different modes, different interests (rag chew, casual
operation, die-hard contesters, die-hard traffic folk, even experimenters)
have always made room for each other (well, mostly..........remember the
SSB vs AM absolute brutal wars of the early 70's? AM is for the most part
got shoved aside). Courtesy and recognition of the 'unauthoriz
ed' sub band plans have, with courtesyand understanding, worked well and
will continue to do so. And if courtesy goes by the board then I guess it
is back to R/C Model Planes and golf for me (and I ain't a fan of golf in
any way, form or fashion). So, if he (or she) uses a keyboard and
Windows version whatever with an MFJ reader and if he (or she) is
comfortable with that then so am I, although, for me, I still personally
prefer my Autek Memory Keyer and a decent iambic paddle for sending and
for receiving the ears that God gave me (have to turn up the
volume -opps......turn up the AF & RF a little more, though). A QSO is a
QSO even if it's using a 100 watt incandescent bulb as antennas on each
end at a distance of some 200 feet - and I have one of those - truly.
Lighten up, this is supposed to be fun. All the Best to Everyone, vy 73,
Ralph/W7SK (at age 70 es ham for 44 - thanks to W4DGL & W6LMJ & K5GPE)-30-
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==== Old hams not being able to copy CW? Old in age or old in terms of
being licensed. Which is it? Or are both being lumped together? Big
DifferenceEquipment: some of the older will do what some of the newer
wont.Key, bug, paddle, or keyboard, all basically do the same. When one
graduates from ' SEE SPOT RUN' you can move up to a keyboard. 50 to 70 or
so WPM is good conversational speed. (full qsk of course)Try that with
some of the newer equipment.I doubt if those knocking a keyboard still go
to the grocery store in a horse and buggy.Sometimes with some things its
'time to move on'No need to be sorry Marinus, not many of us (somewhat ot)
left. Some of the newer fellows have 21st century technology and 18th well
maybe 19th, century operating habits. etc...etc...Lyle W9FCX
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