Waldothe3rd
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Re: Do you know Morse Code?
Yeah, I know it. Like learning to ride a bike, once learned, it will never be forgotten. To me, it is an obsolete technology, but still maintains a place in radio communications. I recently saw a Morse Code vs Texting contest where the coders delivered their message faster than the texter could. Has it ever come in handy for me? Probably when I was a geeky high schooler saying dit-dit-dit-dit dit-dit (Hi) to a fellow ham while passing in the halls (receiving strange looks from the other students)... If I honk that to someone with a ham vanity plate today, it seems that I receive those same strange looks. |
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don1p2
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2 edits | said by Waldothe3rd  :Yeah, I know it. Like learning to ride a bike, once learned, it will never be forgotten. To me, it is an obsolete technology, but still maintains a place in radio communications. I dug out the old Icom IC-725 Sunday, for this first time in probably 10 years and did some listening to the guys out on Field Day.
I was kinda amazed that after 10 minutes or so, I was again able to copy call-signs being sent at 30 WPM+.
said by Waldothe3rd : To me, it is an obsolete technology, but still maintains a place in radio communications. To me, CW was the most relaxing piece of technology I have ever encountered.
Fire up the vacuum tube kilowatt amplifier (four 811's) to a 40 meter Half-square @ 50 ft, put a set of "cans" over my ears, lean back in my easy chair call a CQ DX around midnight and and having half of Eastern Europe answer back....now that's relaxin'!
And oh yeah...watching the room lights blink with every swipe of the keyer was cool too.
Damn, sometimes apartment living sucks. |
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burner50
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| said by don1p2 :And oh yeah...watching the room lights blink with every swipe of the keyer was cool too. Damn, sometimes apartment living sucks. lol... I wonder what your neighbors thought of that...
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drjim
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4 811's? Homebrew or commercial amp?
I picked up a Collins 30L-1 a month ago and I'm in the process of refurbing it. 4 811's in parallel is good for 650~700 Watts output if you don't push them too hard.
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don1p2
join:2004-06-11
Boston, MA
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Yeah.... Well I have heard that certain lights left on in the night time signify that a drug den is open. I never had a problem, when I owned a house. Of course none of the neighbors were awake at the prime DX hours about 0700 UTC.
Now... getting on 6 meters, before the days of cable TV... damn my 25 watts of real Amplitude Modulation from an old Lafeyette rig (HE-something) would turn every TV picture tuned to channel 2 negative. Black and white reversed.
But I was lucky....Channel #2 was PBS which nobody in those days watched.  |
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