I don't know how old your "old days" are, but I distinctly recall testing at
an FCC field office in 1964 where my friend's father was allowed to use his
"bug" to send the 20 WPM required for the Extra Class at that time. We
could not use it for the General, but the allowed it for 20 WPM.
73, Duane
Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Dr. Gerald N. Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:01 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] wither CW
In the old days, you had better learn on a straight key because you had
to pass a sending test with the FCC's straight key. It took a medical
exemption to take the sending test any other way.
I think you get more fundamentals worked out with the straight key and I
can change speeds faster and more accurately to match speed of the
station I'm calling with my straight key than anybody can with any other
form of keying short of a really good computer copying program.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
73, Jerry, K0CQ
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