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 Originally Posted by W5BIB
Way to go Pete. That's a fine looking ham shack. I've been a CW operator for over 50 years, and still love it at 65 years of age!! A friiend of mine (NT9L John) from Denver visited last April and took some video of me having a CW QSO while in my motor home. You can feel free to view / use any portion of it you'd like. Sounds like a good project for school. If ya need any other help, don't hesitate to drop a line. here's the URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Ed0TSp0gs I hope that works. It's on youtube listed as "morse code conversation". 73 & gud luck. Steve Morris W5BIB
I just watched your video. Very interesting. You have a great fist. Seriously, I'm impressed. Very easy to copy you. I hope my sending is that neat and clean one day.
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Of course, if you check the ages of the people who are working voice or digital modes, they aren't much younger than the CW ops. I just went through my log to see how many young PSK-31 ops I'd encountered and I think I could comfortably have them all over to the house for dinner on the same night.
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27, licensed three years and only work CW on HF. The only voice I use is 2M FM in the car. I love CW and while I have nothing against phone, I've yet to hear a phone conversation on HF that didn't leave me bored to tears. Nothing like the magic of putting your mind in touch with a straight key.
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Still pounding cw at age 71 been a ham for 56 years!
Bill, K4LRX
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I'm 13 and my Dad and I put 2 practice oscillators for CW between my room and the shack so we can talk and practice CW at the same time!
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Still use CW 90 per cent of the time. First licensed in 1959, and am 68 years young now!
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Was 15 when I first started and learned the code via the Ameco records....
Still use CW about 90% of my operating..prefer it....easier to make more Qs and much more efficient then voice...
Started out at 5 WPM and with iteration/use, in the 30+ range now typically...
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Under 40 here....strangely enough, I'm now eligible for QCWA.....
-----> I. Drink. Your. Milkshake!
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Age is a young 64. Licensed as Novice at 15 in 1963 ( WN4PFQ ), as General at 16 in 1964 ( WA4PFQ ), Advanced and Extra at 22 in 1970 ( N4UP since 1977 ) .
Been licensed 48 years and 9 months. When I started out there were half a dozen of us in our high school plus alumni, but no club. Maybe two dozen high school age hams in the county. The elders ( college kids ) helped us a lot and led us into college to study electrical engineering.
Just looked at my log-spreadsheet. Cumulative is 83.7% CW, 2.4% SSB, 0.1% DSB, and 13.9% AM.
Just got back on the air after a long absence. Had trouble getting my keyer to work, and have a relatively poor, indoor antenna. So worked SSB for two weeks and struggled to make 7 SSB contacts. Then got a replacement keyer, switched to CW and made 111 CW contacts in one week. So my "new" era data is 94.1% CW and 5.9% SSB.
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73, Peter N4UP
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A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't.
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. ~Carl Zwanzig
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In general I think the CW Operator follows the Amateur Radio Code Of Conduct much better than what I hear on the Phone Bands. I'm pretty much 100% CW using vintage radios from the 1930's through the late 1970's. Stats: 65 years old, ham 52 years, and work 80-10 meters between 20-30WPM. CU on CW. Dave
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