During my Novice years back in the mid-1960s, I was operating regularly from my home QTH during summer vacation. My neighbor who was a former Navy radioman wanted to try out some operating. I had a J-38 straight key for sending and at that time I was head copy (mostly) at up to 20 wpm.
So, we found a station sending about 10 to 15 and my neighbor couldn't copy. He asked for a typewriter. I went into the closet and got the old manual typewriter and set it on the desk. He was in fat city and copying everything sent. He could NOT copy without that typewriter. I mean not at all. 73, phil, K7PEH On May 31, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Chuck Smallhouse <w...@theriver.com> wrote: > A bit of "Believe It Or Not". > > As a very young 17 year old, and couple of years after I was first licensed, > I was approached by a LT in the local Naval Reserve and asked if I wouldn't > like to join his unit. After a hesitation on my part, he explained that he > needed someone to each his Radiomen the Morse code and theory. After more > hesitation, he proposed that he could enlist me at an above the entry level > rate, and as a 3rd Class Petty Officer. I really was not familiar with Navy > enlisted ranking, but it sounded better than as a Seaman. So I accepted. > > I was tasked teaching much older(>17) and lower ranked Radiomen, Morse code, > via using a typewriter for copying. It was a learning experience for me, as > I found this method much easier to learn, than by writing down the words and > messages by hand. It seemed as if the code characters went directly from the > ears to the typing fingers, totally bypassing any pondering in the brain. > > Chuck, W7CS > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to phys...@mac.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
