As a teenager, I knew an old gentlemen who had been a Western Union telegrapher. He had a two-story house (unusual in Tucson) and the whole second floor was a replica of a WU station. He wasn't a ham but had some TRF receivers that he'd built and one that I believe was US Navy surplus.
He gave me a Western Union "1-B Pole Changer Key" made by Bunnell, that I still use today. If I want, I can wire it to send "inverted" CW. (My fist is bad enough these days, it would hardly be noticeable) Interesting tidbit, especially to a guy named Stewart: The first telegraph station in Arizona Territory (1871) was at Pipe Spring and the first operator was a 16 year old girl, named Ella Stewart. http://www.nps.gov/pisp/planyourvisit/historical-figures.htm Wes N7WS --- On Fri, 3/25/11, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gary Gregory <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] paddle key training > To: "Ken - K0PP" <[email protected]> > Cc: "elecraft" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 5:52 PM > *Ken..the FW will reverse it too.* > * > * > *Gary > * > On 26 March 2011 09:49, Ken - K0PP <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Thumb on right paddle makes dits. > > > > Have a left-handed guest op? Suggest turning > paddles > > around backwards and reach over the top. (:-)) > > > > 73! > > Ken Kopp - K0PP > > [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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
