Ralph
Thank you for putting my feelings into words. Hope you enjoy another 44
hamming years.
73 Art WA8VSJ
71 with 41 hamming yrs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Covington" <ralph.covington@hotmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New generation ham's
>
> Ah well..................I may be drawn and quartered but here
> goes........... I have a collection of QST's back to 1919 and you would
> not believe the heated discussions (cussing and discussing) about the
> changeover from Spark to cw. The 'Spark Forever' group of those days have
> just changed their arguments a little (read that 'updated') and now we
> have the keyboards vs electronic paddles vs VibroPlexes vs handkeys (how
> about a Martin AutoPlex?),and then there's the contesters vs the
> weekenders vs the traffickers, etc. Come on fellows and gals, there's a
> lot of bandwidth out there and even the most esoteric digital modes can
> fit in. The different modes, different interests (rag chew, casual
> operation, die-hard contesters, die-hard traffic folk, even experimenters)
> have always made room for each other (well, mostly..........remember the
> SSB vs AM absolute brutal wars of the early 70's? AM is for the most part
> got shoved aside). Courtesy and recognition of the 'unauthoriz
> ed' sub band plans have, with courtesyand understanding, worked well and
> will continue to do so. And if courtesy goes by the board then I guess it
> is back to R/C Model Planes and golf for me (and I ain't a fan of golf in
> any way, form or fashion). So, if he (or she) uses a keyboard and
> Windows version whatever with an MFJ reader and if he (or she) is
> comfortable with that then so am I, although, for me, I still personally
> prefer my Autek Memory Keyer and a decent iambic paddle for sending and
> for receiving the ears that God gave me (have to turn up the
> volume -opps......turn up the AF & RF a little more, though). A QSO is a
> QSO even if it's using a 100 watt incandescent bulb as antennas on each
> end at a distance of some 200 feet - and I have one of those - truly.
> Lighten up, this is supposed to be fun. All the Best to Everyone, vy 73,
> Ralph/W7SK (at age 70 es ham for 44 - thanks to W4DGL & W6LMJ & K5GPE)-30-
> ============================================================
> ==== Old hams not being able to copy CW? Old in age or old in terms of
> being licensed. Which is it? Or are both being lumped together? Big
> DifferenceEquipment: some of the older will do what some of the newer
> wont.Key, bug, paddle, or keyboard, all basically do the same. When one
> graduates from ' SEE SPOT RUN' you can move up to a keyboard. 50 to 70 or
> so WPM is good conversational speed. (full qsk of course)Try that with
> some of the newer equipment.I doubt if those knocking a keyboard still go
> to the grocery store in a horse and buggy.Sometimes with some things its
> 'time to move on'No need to be sorry Marinus, not many of us (somewhat ot)
> left. Some of the newer fellows have 21st century technology and 18th well
> maybe 19th, century operating habits. etc...etc...Lyle W9FCX
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