Chuck,,

The Cuban boys back in the sixties chirped and drifted all over the band but 
I, too, loved the chirp and duck quacking of those signals.  The Russians 
were similar at times back in those days but as you said, the polar flutter 
added a fun challenge to working them.  Now, those same stations run big hot 
radios with software and CW keyboards.  I miss CO2BB and his drifting and 
his bug he used.  Nobody could send wildly fluctuating dits and daws like 
that guy.

Phil.
K0NX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Lester" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: And There Was CW


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> Ah Phil, I did not have the time this weekend, visiting with my step son 
> but
> so glad to hear that the code boys and girls, all 8 of them, were out in
> force.  I still love hearing that clear sweet tone through the headphones
> and that polar ring from dx is still a wonderful sound.  I sort of miss 
> the
> chirping signals one used to hear back in the sixties, guess everyone has
> better equipment.  Most of the home brewed rigs are gone now.
>
> Chuck wa8vmoFrom: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 3:17 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: And There Was CW
>
>> I tuned all the bands looking for field day signals.  Funny, even the =
>> FCC no longer considers CW necessary or useful these days but strike up =
>> a contest, and CW ops come out of the woodwork.  Yes, I know, in the big 
>> =
>> contests, , there is a lot of computerized operations going on besides =
>> logging, that is, even software to copy the code.  Yet, when it comes to 
>> =
>> FD, you will find lots of brass pounders and bugs still being used.  I =
>> tuned all the bands and wished 15 and 10 were like the good old days but 
>> =
>> not much there this year.  I noticed that cw ran from about 8 WPM to 35 =
>> but even the QRQ guys had to slow down to work the other signals on the =
>> band running slower speeds or QRS.  The old original digital mode, ODM, =
>> still is the greatest in my book.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>