[CQ-Contest] Year first licensed distribution from CW SS

[Gerry Hull]

Ditto -- licensed in 75 in the 4th call area... cut my teeth on VN, 4RN and
EAN... so SS was a natural...  Probably the greatest thrill is working some
of those same guys from the 70s (like Pip, WB4FDT)  but with more
homogenized CW these days.

New guys have no idea what you are asking for when I ask PREC?   So now I
say A B or M?  Usually they get it.

Most frustrating moment:  Three stations calling me:  two with perfect CW,
but weak, and a very strong guy who could not send a coherent character
from his keyer.  I kept asking ??, and he kept sending gibberish.  All
three left :-(

Not as many QRS requests this year -- impressive -- but happy to do so for
those who asked.

73,

Gerry, W1VE (VE1RM/3 this past weekend, and WA4UUX in 75)


On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Dave Edmonds <dave at pkministrywebs.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I think this contest is a favorite of many hams when they got started in
> the hobby... I worked my first SS in the late 70's.. The SS uses those
> familiar "Prec" and "CK" headings that we used so many times in the traffic
> nets. It seems is that the lengthy and "odd" exchange is not a favorite of
> the "newer" generation of hams. I "grew-up" with the Nov SS and have always
> enjoyed working it. This is a not a "speed" contest, it's all about
> accuracy... Frankly, I like the "personal" touch that the "ck" adds to the
> exchange.
>
> By the way, I wish I had a nickel for every "?" I receive after sending my
> WN4 callsign..
>
> 73's Dave WN4AFP
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It really isn't very obvious to me, as the phone weekend has a very
> > similar profile.
> >
> > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Joe
> >
> > It is very obvious that the influx of all the No-Coders don't do CW
> > since since 81 there is little activity.
> >
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