[UK-CONTEST] FW: old gits vs young gits

[Giles Herbert]

May I speak for an as yet unmentioned group "Gits".  As a 50 something I feel there must be someone out there worth listening to and perhaps this is the medium to find them!  I myself have not yet acheived "Old Git" wisdom but think I too would probably be unacceptable to "Young" ones!



Old, Young  and other Gits too might be interested in the Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association's CW Hour on Tuesday evenings.  This takes place between 3.540 MHz and 3.550 MHz starting at 8pm clocok time.  The intention is to provide morse at any speed required and was started in the days when the club frequently had new cw ops who were perhaps a little nervous of starting a qso with a total stranger.  Sadly, this has turned out recently to be infrequent and  now it is the regulars chatting for an hour.
 
Anyone wishing to take part, please join us and either answer a "CQ CARA" call or make one!  The advantage of making the call is you have already set the speed. 
 
73

Giles Herbert
G0NXA
Often QRV 3.716 MHz in the SSB "EGOMAN" net. Explanation available on request.



 
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:43:33 +0000
> From: gw0etf at btinternet.com
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com; m3enf at dsl.pipex.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] old gits vs young gits
> 
> 
> Perhaps your welcome reappearance will remind those of us questioning the 'political correctness' of terms such as old/young git that contesting is also open to the other gender. 
> 
> Perhaps less of the 'OM', 'chaps' and 'guys' as a general salutation then? 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF
> 
> PS. I gather though that the Americanisation of 'guys' is now gender neutral......
> 
> --- On Mon, 29/6/09, Tammie Evans <m3enf at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Tammie Evans <m3enf at dsl.pipex.com>
> > Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] old gits vs young gits
> > To: "UK Contest" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> > Date: Monday, 29 June, 2009, 9:11 AM
> > Hello all, I've been lurking again
> > and thought I would reply to this as a "young" person.
> > 
> > I wonder if I am a "young git"?????  I have decided to
> > try my hand at learning Morse by using a small book from
> > around WWII period and also Roger's brilliant Morse book.
> > 
> > We don't have CW classes here but I am a member of my local
> > club (editor of newsletter and on committee).  But I
> > can honestly say I know that propagation is bad but not
> > because of clouds... if it was then today would be fantastic
> > as it's brilliant blue skies with sunshine... if only
> > sunspots were related to clouds.
> > 
> > Roger - even if you begin with a 7 I'm sure you don't look
> > old!
> > 
> > 73/88 Tammie M3ENF
> 
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