Subj : Morse Code
To : Tom Walker
From : Richard Brumbaugh
Date : Mon Sep 11 2000 10:54 am
On (11 Sep 00) Tom Walker wrote to Richard Brumbaugh...
TW> Loved CW. Saddly I didn't inherit any of those traits. I flunked the
TW> Code test for the First time in 1949 and numerious times since. It
TW> just dosen't click in my Brain. .
My dad, silent key since 1963, was a Morse Telegrapher for RR and WU
for some time. Then got on with AT&T. All telegraph back then. He
had to learn the code all over again when going to International
Morse.
I failed the code test (13 wpm) my first try also in 1946. As it
turned out I was glad that I did. My dad studied up on the letters
that were different and we took the test together. Back then it was
given every 3 months at the Post Office.
We got consecutive calls, W5MFC, W5MFD.
Best regards, (73)
Dick, W5MFD since 1946
[email protected]
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