Subj : STRAIGHT KEY
To : David Pratt
From : Roy Witt
Date : Sun Aug 06 2000 01:35 am
Hello David.
03 Aug 00 02:34, you wrote to me:
>>DP> Is this a fairly common ex-services key, generally available in the
>>DP> USA or Canada?
>>
>> I don't know. I put my one and only straight key in a box and never
>> looked at it again, right after I passed the 13wpm code test,
>> c1978-79.
DP> Shame on you, Roy :( Never mind, if it's been in its box since
DP> 1978 it should be very valuable by now, although the silver contacts
DP> might have tarnished a bit.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Even though I was quite
proficient at it, I never liked it that much. My Elmer, who could/can
copy 25wpm in his head and carry on a CW conversation while chatting with
us Novices at the same time, always said that there's more to this hobby
than CW.
In fact, I met him while I was an HFer using a Kenwood TS520 on 11meters.
... Ham on rye: A drunk amateur radio operator.
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