[TenTec] wither CW

[N4PY2]

In 1977 I took my 20 wpm sending test with my heath kit HD-1410 keyer to 
pass my extra exam.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa1 at gmail.com>
To: <geraldj at weather.net>; "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" 
<tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] wither CW


>I don't know how old your "old days" are, but I distinctly recall testing 
>at
> an FCC field office in 1964 where my friend's father was allowed to use 
> his
> "bug" to send the 20 WPM required for the Extra Class at that time.  We
> could not use it for the General, but the allowed it for 20 WPM.
>
> 73, Duane
>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> www.ac5aa.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Dr. Gerald N. Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:01 PM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] wither CW
>
>
>
>
> In the old days, you had better learn on a straight key because you had
> to pass a sending test with the FCC's straight key. It took a medical
> exemption to take the sending test any other way.
>
> I think you get more fundamentals worked out with the straight key and I
> can change speeds faster and more accurately to match speed of the
> station I'm calling with my straight key than anybody can with any other
> form of keying short of a really good computer copying program.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
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