It used to be a FD tradition of sorts, a way to introduce new folks into
ham radio. Before computers were invented, you kept a chronological
log, and a manual dupe sheet with 10 columns numbered 0 thru 9 into
which you wrote the suffix of each call worked in the appropriate
column. In those days, there were vastly fewer prefixes than we have
today, and the suffix was sufficient to determine that the guy you were
listening to was not a dupe.
in the later 70's, my non-ham neighbor wanted to see what FD was all
about so he became my logger on CW. I showed him the numbers and the
class letters [there were only about half of what we have now]. He
started with no Morse knowledge, by the end, he was copying the exchange
pretty much all the time, and getting the calls right every now and
then. He never got a license however, the concept of having a new
logger doesn't always yield a new ham.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org
On 7/3/2015 7:52 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:
Hello David,
Not singling you out or anything but I've often wondered why you need
separate operator and logger? This seems to be a practice peculiar to
FD but I've never understood why the person operating the radio doesn't
do the logging too??
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