My last word on operating

[Jim Danehy]

Human Nature : people hear & read what they want to hear. Having participated in contests for over 65 years I have had some experience.

I never wrote or suggested here that it would be prudent to operate at QRQ speeds. I used some hyperbole to demonstrate  that speed Is part of the efficiency of communication. Contrasting the differential in several elements of a CW signal. They are : speed, tone and strength. Only a fool would send at a speed beyond the average of what most can copy. Hyperbole allows comparisons. I stated my ability to indicate I have some experience at QRQ. My normal speed is 28 in contests. Look and you will see I used the word analysis. What factors do you analyze ? Look up above. Filtering was the topic not speed. Some lost sight.

Stronger is not always better. We used to short out our filters in the power supply to have a distinct nite. Speed can help. You study the 3 factors. Too much for some.
You do not purchase ability. There are some operators who were known for their distinctive fists. Speed being the easiest to recognize and control. KH6IJ , Nose was known for that trait. Recognizable immediately. After that it was a report. Nothing complex.

End of story.

Spent several hours with my prized K2 today in SS Contest.  Filter as wide as it could be. Never heard a CHECK being sent that was as old as mine! Mine is 52 (age). There I go boasting again.

W9VNE
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[k6dgw]

You must not have worked W6YX [24] or W1MX [14, as in 1914] yet. [:-)  I
too love my K2 [#4398] and building it was a blast from the past!

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
CK 53

On 11/3/2019 12:59 PM, Jim Danehy wrote:
> Spent several hours with my prized K2 today in SS Contest.  Filter as wide as it could be. Never heard a CHECK being sent that was as old as mine! Mine is 52 (age). There I go boasting again.
>
> W9VNE
> Sent from my iPhone
>

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[K1FFX]

Just a note that W1MX is the MIT amateur radio club station.

In the late 60s, hung out there with a close friend who was an MIT student
... luxuriated in the station's 75A4, CE200, and Model 19 Teletype!

Best -

Bruce K1FFX




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Bruce Rosen
K1FFX
K2/100 6982 KSB2 KAT100-1 KAF2 KIO2

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[k6dgw]

Yes, it is.  The exact year for W6YX is in a little doubt but they were
definitely there by 1924.  Some ancient memory that I can't really dig
out tells me that MIT and Harvard tussled over who was earlier ... but
I've never worked Harvard, if there ever was a club there, and I have
worked W1MX.  Operated W6BB at Cal in the later 50's.  Started in 1914
as 6XB but I don't know if that would count as a valid check for W6BB
today ... different call.

Regardless, I had a little time to play in SS CW today, a heartening
number of later checks.

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
# A K6DGW 53 NV

On 11/3/2019 4:20 PM, K1FFX wrote:

> Just a note that W1MX is the MIT amateur radio club station.
>
> In the late 60s, hung out there with a close friend who was an MIT student
> ... luxuriated in the station's 75A4, CE200, and Model 19 Teletype!
>
> Best -
>
> Bruce K1FFX
>
>
>
>
> -----
> Bruce Rosen
> K1FFX
> K2/100 6982 KSB2 KAT100-1 KAF2 KIO2
>
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