Tried a CW NAQP not too long ago with a Hallicrafters SX-28 and a 40
meter ARC-5. I lasted 2 hours. The "Good Old Days" were less good than
I thought I remembered.
On 12/7/2014 6:43 PM, stan levandowski wrote:
In January 2014 I took a look at my station - all that equipment, all
those keys, all those cables -- lots of physical "stuff" between me and
the ham radio I used to enjoy and almost as much software. All I really
needed was my KX3, a wire antenna, pencil and paper and a bug or Cootie.
So I put my CW Machine in a freezer bag and stuck it up on a shelf. I
bought an ARRL paper log book and a fancy-schmantzy .5 mm lead pencil. I
divorced myself from LoTW and eQSL and noted "QSL via Mail Only" on QRZ.
Then I downloaded my HRD log and scratched HRD from my computer.
Finally I moved the computer out of the shack. I was "Looking for an
Echo" of my youth in the 60s; a simpler time. I was going to hand log
all my contacts, exchange "real" QSL cards, only use my bug and 'swiper
and turn my back on all the technology and interfaces that I held
responsible for my discontent.
Well, that lasted nine months. It was the biggest mistake I've ever
made in ham radio.
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