Subj : Morse Code
To   : Tom Walker
From : Richard Brumbaugh
Date : Mon Sep 11 2000 10:54 am

On (11 Sep 00) Tom Walker wrote to Richard Brumbaugh...

 TW> Loved CW.  Saddly I didn't inherit any of those traits. I flunked the
 TW> Code test for the First time in 1949 and numerious times since. It
 TW> just dosen't click in my Brain.  .

My dad, silent key since 1963, was a Morse Telegrapher for RR and WU
for some time.  Then got on with AT&T.  All telegraph back then.  He
had to learn the code all over again when going to International
Morse.
I failed the code test (13 wpm) my first try also in 1946.  As it
turned out I was glad that I did.  My dad studied up on the letters
that were different and we took the test together.  Back then it was
given every 3 months at the Post Office.
We got consecutive calls, W5MFC, W5MFD.

Best regards, (73)
Dick, W5MFD since 1946
richard.brumbaugh@gratisnet.com

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