Cookie, I have worked the ship several times. The calls then were KK5W (2008,2009) and WA5VKS (2001).
My wife and I used to travel extensively and visited several museum ships but never the USS Stewart. Probably the closest to you was the Lexington in Corpus. Since my wife's passing in January, I have no interest in going anywhere anymore. If that ever changes, I'll look you up. 73, Wes --- On Fri, 3/25/11, WILLIS COOKE <[email protected]> wrote: From: WILLIS COOKE <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] paddle key training To: "Wes Stewart" <[email protected]>, "Ken - K0PP" <[email protected]>, "Gary Gregory" <[email protected]> Cc: "elecraft" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 8:34 PM Well Mr. Stewart, I happen to be the trustee for the ham station aboard the USS Stewart, DE-238 which is a museum ship on Pelican Island, Texas (City of Galveston). If you ever get to this part of Texas we could arrange for a bit of operating time from the ship. It was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, Captain of the USS Constitution during the War of 1812, maybe one of your ancestors. The call on the ship is N5BPS which is a slight alteration of NBPS, the call of the USS Cavalla, SS244 which is the Submarine alongside the Stewart. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ From: Wes Stewart <[email protected]> To: Ken - K0PP <[email protected]>; Gary Gregory <[email protected]> Cc: elecraft <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, March 25, 2011 7:40:40 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] paddle key training 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
