Alan, My novice days were in 1956, and in those days, the T/R switch was a DPDT lever switch. QSK was only the dream of those first class stations, and was only possible with a separate receiving antenna. Much has changed since those times, but old operating habits die slowly.
73, Don W3FPR Alan Bloom wrote: > I agree. Back in my Novice days in the late 60's it was hard to get > anyone to talk for any length of time. > > But of course, at 5 wpm, just sending > > "WN1ABC WN1ABC WN1ABC DE WN3XYZ WN3XYZ WN3XYZ R R R GUD SIG BT NAME NAME > IS ALAN ALAN ALAN BT QTH QTH IS SANTA ROSA CA SANTA ROSA CA SANTA ROSA > CA BT YOUR RST RST IS 599 599 599 BT HOW CPY? SK WN1ABC WN1ABC WN1ABC DE > WN3XYZ WN3XYZ WN3XYZ K" > > takes about 8 minutes plus 8 minutes for the reply plus the time to sign > off, for a total 20 minutes or so QSO! > > Al N1AL > > > On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 21:26 -0600, Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO wrote: > >> You know, I've been a ham long enough (since 1962) to remember people >> complaining about this same sad trend nearly fifty years ago. "Nobody wants >> to talk anymore, it's just report, QTH, name, CUL!" Same lament, different >> era. >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
