Subj : STRAIGHT KEY
To   : David Pratt
From : Roy Witt
Date : Sun Aug 06 2000 01:35 am

Hello David.

03 Aug 00 02:34, you wrote to me:

 >>DP> Is this a fairly common ex-services key, generally available in the
 >>DP> USA or Canada?
 >>
 >> I don't know.  I put my one and only straight key in a box and never
 >> looked at it again, right after I passed the 13wpm code test,
 >> c1978-79.

 DP> Shame on you, Roy :(    Never mind, if it's been in its box since
 DP> 1978 it should be very valuable by now, although the silver contacts
 DP> might have tarnished a bit.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.  Even though I was quite
proficient at it, I never liked it that much.  My Elmer, who could/can
copy 25wpm in his head and carry on a CW conversation while chatting with
us Novices at the same time, always said that there's more to this hobby
than CW.

In fact, I met him while I was an HFer using a Kenwood TS520 on 11meters.



.... Ham on rye: A drunk amateur radio operator.
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