[VHFcontesting] CW ops, pse qrs when contesting

[on4kj]

As sparks in the Navy ( fifty years ago ) we learned not to send faster
then the lowest speed in the net. Guess it was in the  ACP124 ( Allied
Communication Publication  124)
Some old timers should remember that. So there isn't anything new under the
sun....hi hi.
The following has been written by Jim Haterley WA1TBY on the seventh of
April 1985.

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" CW FOR EVER."

you must have, at time, thought into the past,
When some things go out, while other last,
What comes to my mind is the OLD Morse Code,
That has weathered the storms from any abode,

To talk with ones fingers, is surely an Art,
Of any info you care to impart,
In most conditions the signals get thru,
While the same about fone is simply not true.

Those didhs and dahs cut through the trash,
Of nearby noise or lightning's crash,
To the sensitive ears of the Ham receiver,
Who records this data with ardent fever.

He knows he's doing something unique,
( In such poor conditions, that's quite a feat ! )
To roger the message that came from the air,
These brass pounders sure do have the flair.

They say Morse ops are a dying breed,
But dont dispair, there's always that need.
That when conditions get rough for the new automation ,
Be rest assured, there'll be need for your station,

CW is dying? Believe it never,
This mode will be 'round for ever and ever,
But one thing is sure, what we really need,
Is to relay our knowledge to the younger breed .


To carry the torch, long after we'er gone,
To send Morse Code thru the air as a song ,
When at last, Silent Key pull that final lever,
We" can rest in peace, it's CW  for ever and ever.

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Jim told us in only one page where others discussed for hours and hours and
wrote books.
How clear and beautifull written is Jim's message.
As a mathematical analysis I just would add, " never " and " ever " doesn't
exist, its simply defines a very short and a very long  period of time .
And  jesus how short is our life.......

Jos on4kj



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rogers, Ron" <RR124640 at Exchange.AtlantaGA.NCR.com>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:23 PM
Subject: RE: [VHFcontesting] CW ops, pse qrs when contesting


> Absolutely......we have the W9ICE CW "CQ Boxes" running at about 15 - 18
WPM
> consistently, but we have also programmed the CQ message specifically to
> make it easier to copy by slower CW operators. The way we do it is by
> programming in extra delay between the W - 9 - I - C - E characters and
> repeating the callsign 6 times in one CQ loop. We've had a number of
people
> comment that it is so much easier to read that way out of the long
distance
> noise with rapid fading.
>
> When we hear a slower station trying to answer our operators always shift
> gears down to match their sending speed.
>
> We will always go as slow as you want...........
>
> Ron
> -WB8ERB-
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew T. Flowers, K0SM [mailto:flowersa at alltel.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:29 PM
> Cc: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] CW ops, pse qrs when contesting
>
>
> For those of you how are a little shakey on the code, don't hesitate to
> call a station that is sending much faster than you.  Any good op will
> slow down to match your speed.  If not, all you have to do is send "PSE
> QRS" until he/she figures it out.  I know there are several "no-coders"
> around here who have learned the value of CW on the microwaves, so do
> your best to make it a positive learning experience for them!!  And as
> always, don't hesititate to call a SSB station on CW if they can't hear
you.
>
> Andy K0SM/2
>
> Bill Burgess wrote:
>
> >Greetings all,
> >
> >I am willing to work both ssb and cw in contesting.  But if a cw operator
> goes so fast I cannot identify the call it is hard to work him.  Likewise,
I
> have found a few who would not qrs when requested and thus a contact was
> lost.  My code speed was much better from 1958 to 1968 than it is now and
I
> hope to improve it so I can keep up to you.  Meantime, please qrs if cw is
> your preferred medium when you hear me calling you.
> >
> >Thanks muchly.
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >Email: braillist at sympatico.ca
> >
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