Subj : Re: New Adventures in Old Tech
To   : n2qfd
From : Ed Vance
Date : Mon Jul 22 2024 10:30 pm



>  Left handed people are in their right minds! This is what my mom always said
> anyhow. Dad always said she set the table backwards, but it never bothered
> me. 
Mal, Your Mom is correct.
I can remember in 7th Grade Health class learning about the Mudula Oblagotta (I
think that I am close to how it is spelled).
And the Right side of the brain controls the Left side of the body.
>  I love this and it goes so under appreciated. I can tell who's sending on a
> straight key too. My dad's fist for example is so regular to me I know when
> he's thinking about something he's trying to send. But I can sometimes tell a
> CQ before the call sign on 40m where I've hung out for so long by the fist
> too. 
>  I think people get the impression that CW is cold and that's just not true.
> It's such a mind to mind conversation with an individual and that hand on the
> sending device very much comes though which is why I like the straight keys
> too. I think the keyers steal away the personality. 

>  Both, band was down plus we were all on the electronic kazoos of the amateur
> world with just enough electrons to vibrate a xtal. 

>   GOOD LORD that thing could make you a grilled cheese sandwich while you
> were sending too. People talk about how much cooling is needed for todays
> computers, I don't think they appreciate the hum and the glow of tube life!
How far down did Your Jaw Drop when looking at that Monster.
Down as far as the keyboard.
Keying up that thing on AM made a THUMP!!!!!
73 de Ed

>   Did some Slow Speed Contests this weekend. CQ SST from K3USN the idea is it
> should be casual and 20WPM max which suits me. Friday the bands were
> unsettled, but it was only 4-5 PM east coast so makes sense on 40m to be a
> lot of fade at that hour in the summer. Last night Sunday it was 8-9PM and
> the bands were stable but everyone knew it too! I worked 2 stations calling
> SST but then kept hitting CQ FP and it turned out the Flying Pigs QRP club
> was doing something called the Bacon Run so I looked them up and figured out
> non-club exchange and got a few of them some points. Then I hit a guy calling
> CQ WWFF and had to look that up... World Wide Flora and Fauna... whatever,
> did a quick QSO with him too, then it was time to get ready for bed. 

>   Another week of being a NYSEG draftsman is ahead of me and if the world can
> not have any major computer outages again that would be nice! 
I took Drafting in High School.
>  Best 73

>   Mal

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