FWIW, I’m calling CQ on 14038 right now. Band is noisy but W1AW is booming in.

Wayne
N6KR


> On Apr 25, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> So where and when might we find you?  Can I still use my keyer?  My hand key 
> looks like a work of art but is so clunky even Alfred would have rejected it. 
>  Sam is reported to have been so distraught that his numerical dictionary was 
> being rejected in favor of "copying by ear" that he took to bed for several 
> months.  Sadly, it wasn't his bed, he was a guest at a friends house.  We do 
> have a guest room, but need advance notice should you plan to become equally 
> distraught.  More than a day or two and we'll have to schedule a trip to 
> Costco. Granddaughter's track meet is canceled on Fri, I will have time.
> 
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
> 
> On 4/25/2018 8:24 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> No matter how busy I am tomorrow, I aim to make at least one QSO on this 
>> coming Friday in honor of Samuel Morse’s birth (227 years ago!). I’ll be 
>> dusting off my oldest hand key for the occasion, one with a leg strap and 
>> Levi’s-style button that was used by the South African army circa WW2.
>> 
>> If you have an even older hand key, and you manage to get its contacts 
>> cleaned in time for this auspicious date, please send me a photo of it. I’ll 
>> collect the photos and post them on the Elecraft website photo gallery.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR


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