[UK-CONTEST] Newcomers to Morse

[nubsey G0VDZ]

Aye those were days. Kids don't know there born.
 A leisurely stroll tup Edware road, looking thro boxes of HRO coils. Or 
perhaps a trip down Lyall st to sample there wares.
 Aye yer rite there. The good old days.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Eastty" <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Newcomers to Morse


> Wasn't it much leisurely in the 'good old  days' of the late 50's &
> early 60's when most CW operators still used straight keys, all logging
> was on paper & transmitters had to be 'netted' on to the RX frequency? I
> guess that back then speeds rarely exceeded 15wpm. Probably why Top Band
> contests took all night! At least that's my distant memory of the first
> 160m contests that I participated in, but then summers were also better
> in those days. At least it was a good training ground for new amateurs.
> I have to admit that I very quickly found that I preferred using an
> El-Bug, mine consisted of nothing more than a couple of PO 3000(?)relays
> & some R's & C's. Our Essex based group (G4KF) used computer (Commodore
> Pet) logging I think sometime in the late '70's.
>
> 73...
>
> Ken
>
> G3LVP
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: john reynolds
>> To: uk-contest-request at contesting.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:39 PM
>> Subject: Newcomers to morse
>>
>>
>> May I draw to the attention those of you who are seeking to use morse in 
>> contests and find the speed a little faster than they are used to.
>>
>> There is a French CW only Contest this weekend starting 0600 Saturday 
>> ending 1800 Sunday 80m --10m.
>>
>> I have dabbled in this Contest on and off for a number of Years and can 
>> confirm that there are quite a lot of stns paticipating who are obviously
>> "newbies"  and generally it is a good contest for learners ,also being 
>> close Continent 80M and 40M is in good range without lots of power or big 
>> antennas.
>>
>> John G3RSD
>>
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