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[email protected] (Larry W4CSC) wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:24:06 -0000, [email protected] (Yuk Fu)
> wrote:
>
> >I remember the one time I was in this guys shack how amazed I was at him
> >using Morse Code. It seemed like he had such a knack for it.
> >
> My friend Johnny Wertz, K4CRF, died a couple of years back. Johnny
> was the finest CW operator I ever met. He spent all of WW2 sitting in
> Hawaii copying that CRAZY JAPANESE Morse code at amazing speeds in
> crypto groups! I've set in Johnny's home while he copied Japanese
> morse off the radio at 20-30 wpm, translated it into English and told
> me in English what the guy was saying to him in Japanese. Then, he'd
> SEND in Japanese code back to the really astonished Japanese ham
> operators on the other side of the planet. Hell, he could send and
> receive THEIR code faster than any of them could. He had lots of
> practice.
>
> IN regular Morse, I've seen him copy at 75 wpm in his head and about
> 80 wpm from a computer keyboard to a manual typewriter. Simply
> amazing. His right hand knuckles were all damaged from all the years
> sending from the bug. His front finger knuckle where it met his hand
> was HUGE and grotesque. He copied some of the messages that were
> decoded to give valuable information of Japanese military secrets
> throughout the war.
>
>
>
> Larry W4CSC


That is quite a skill that he had. I thought of getting a ham license
many years ago, but I always wondered if I'd be able to pass the code
requirement. It seemed impossible to me that anyone could decipher it.
Of course it would probably have been easier for me to learn when I was
younger than it would be now. I've always thought that ham radio was one
of the best hobbies to have, albeit expensive, but then again, what
isn't?


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[email protected] (Larry W4CSC) wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:24:06 -0000, [email protected] (Yuk Fu)
> wrote:
>
> >I remember the one time I was in this guys shack how amazed I was at him
> >using Morse Code. It seemed like he had such a knack for it.
> >
> My friend Johnny Wertz, K4CRF, died a couple of years back. Johnny
> was the finest CW operator I ever met. He spent all of WW2 sitting in
> Hawaii copying that CRAZY JAPANESE Morse code at amazing speeds in
> crypto groups! I've set in Johnny's home while he copied Japanese
> morse off the radio at 20-30 wpm, translated it into English and told
> me in English what the guy was saying to him in Japanese. Then, he'd
> SEND in Japanese code back to the really astonished Japanese ham
> operators on the other side of the planet. Hell, he could send and
> receive THEIR code faster than any of them could. He had lots of
> practice.
>
> IN regular Morse, I've seen him copy at 75 wpm in his head and about
> 80 wpm from a computer keyboard to a manual typewriter. Simply
> amazing. His right hand knuckles were all damaged from all the years
> sending from the bug. His front finger knuckle where it met his hand
> was HUGE and grotesque. He copied some of the messages that were
> decoded to give valuable information of Japanese military secrets
> throughout the war.
>
>
>
> Larry W4CSC


That is quite a skill that he had. I thought of getting a ham license
many years ago, but I always wondered if I'd be able to pass the code
requirement. It seemed impossible to me that anyone could decipher it.
Of course it would probably have been easier for me to learn when I was
younger than it would be now. I've always thought that ham radio was one
of the best hobbies to have, albeit expensive, but then again, what
isn't?


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"Larry W4CSC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I>
> 73, Larry W4CharlestonSC

Larry,

I imagine you know my brother, WB4UIV, from the Goose Creek area....

I used to go through the USN repeater on 6.79 from down in Brunswick, GA
when tropo was good. I also used to keep in touch with a few folks on
VHF/UHF SSB up in that area when I was into weak signal work.

Great Hobby

73
David
KD4NUE

"Larry W4CSC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I>
> 73, Larry W4CharlestonSC

Larry,

I imagine you know my brother, WB4UIV, from the Goose Creek area....

I used to go through the USN repeater on 6.79 from down in Brunswick, GA
when tropo was good. I also used to keep in touch with a few folks on
VHF/UHF SSB up in that area when I was into weak signal work.

Great Hobby

73
David
KD4NUE

Hello, David. Yeah, Glenn and I have been friends since way before
either of us had grey hair...(c; I was a charter member of the
original ham club, the Holiday VHF Society way back in the 60's, that
put the first 146.94 repeater on the air.

Er, ah, are you as big a packrat as we are?....(c;

(I don't have warehouses like he does, but believe in the "Every
Horizontal Surface Must Be Covered" theory.)

Nice ta meet ya!
73, Larry W4CSC


On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:09:43 GMT, "David Little"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Larry W4CSC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I>
>> 73, Larry W4CharlestonSC
>
>Larry,
>
>I imagine you know my brother, WB4UIV, from the Goose Creek area....
>
>I used to go through the USN repeater on 6.79 from down in Brunswick, GA
>when tropo was good. I also used to keep in touch with a few folks on
>VHF/UHF SSB up in that area when I was into weak signal work.
>
>Great Hobby
>
>73
>David
>KD4NUE
>
>

Hello, David. Yeah, Glenn and I have been friends since way before
either of us had grey hair...(c; I was a charter member of the
original ham club, the Holiday VHF Society way back in the 60's, that
put the first 146.94 repeater on the air.

Er, ah, are you as big a packrat as we are?....(c;

(I don't have warehouses like he does, but believe in the "Every
Horizontal Surface Must Be Covered" theory.)

Nice ta meet ya!
73, Larry W4CSC


On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:09:43 GMT, "David Little"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Larry W4CSC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I>
>> 73, Larry W4CharlestonSC
>
>Larry,
>
>I imagine you know my brother, WB4UIV, from the Goose Creek area....
>
>I used to go through the USN repeater on 6.79 from down in Brunswick, GA
>when tropo was good. I also used to keep in touch with a few folks on
>VHF/UHF SSB up in that area when I was into weak signal work.
>
>Great Hobby
>
>73
>David
>KD4NUE
>
>

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:10:34 -0000, [email protected] (Yuk Fu)
wrote:

>
>That is quite a skill that he had. I thought of getting a ham license
>many years ago, but I always wondered if I'd be able to pass the code
>requirement. It seemed impossible to me that anyone could decipher it.
>Of course it would probably have been easier for me to learn when I was
>younger than it would be now. I've always thought that ham radio was one
>of the best hobbies to have, albeit expensive, but then again, what
>isn't?
>
You can get the Technician VHF license code-free now. ARRL's old
fogies lost that battle. For the rest of them it's still 5wpm, which
is pretty simple, but still unnecessary. ITU just fudged under ARRL
pressure. Morse is no longer "required" by international regulation
and ITU leaves it up to the individual countries whether to require
code or not. Read that as ARRL's FCC buddies are still gonna hold the
line on 5wpm for a few more hanging-on years. It's absurd and really
hurts the hobby. The guys already on the bands have always used the
20 wpm code requirement of old to keep most people OFF the bands. It
was a punishment weapon. But, times-are-a-changin'.....code is DEAD.


I just wish FCC would abolish the stupid segregated frequency subbands
which are also no longer necessary. Code usage drops monthly as the
fogies die off.



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:10:34 -0000, [email protected] (Yuk Fu)
wrote:

>
>That is quite a skill that he had. I thought of getting a ham license
>many years ago, but I always wondered if I'd be able to pass the code
>requirement. It seemed impossible to me that anyone could decipher it.
>Of course it would probably have been easier for me to learn when I was
>younger than it would be now. I've always thought that ham radio was one
>of the best hobbies to have, albeit expensive, but then again, what
>isn't?
>
You can get the Technician VHF license code-free now. ARRL's old
fogies lost that battle. For the rest of them it's still 5wpm, which
is pretty simple, but still unnecessary. ITU just fudged under ARRL
pressure. Morse is no longer "required" by international regulation
and ITU leaves it up to the individual countries whether to require
code or not. Read that as ARRL's FCC buddies are still gonna hold the
line on 5wpm for a few more hanging-on years. It's absurd and really
hurts the hobby. The guys already on the bands have always used the
20 wpm code requirement of old to keep most people OFF the bands. It
was a punishment weapon. But, times-are-a-changin'.....code is DEAD.


I just wish FCC would abolish the stupid segregated frequency subbands
which are also no longer necessary. Code usage drops monthly as the
fogies die off.



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

"Larry W4CSC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello, David. Yeah, Glenn and I have been friends since way before
> either of us had grey hair...(c; I was a charter member of the
> original ham club, the Holiday VHF Society way back in the 60's, that
> put the first 146.94 repeater on the air.
>
> Er, ah, are you as big a packrat as we are?....(c;
>
> (I don't have warehouses like he does, but believe in the "Every
> Horizontal Surface Must Be Covered" theory.)
>
> Nice ta meet ya!
> 73, Larry W4CSC

Larry,

I don't think ANYone is as big of a packrat as Glenn is.

I am sure that his inventory can meet any need in the field of electronics;
if he can locate it. Having said that, I know that he has helped a lot of
folks by producing parts that are scarce; to say the least. My inventory is
more dynamic; always in motion. I am trying to get rid of the remains of a
2-way shop that I inherited the contents of. Still have remnants of a
buyout in late 2001. Still packing in more, but it is moving in and out..
Trying for equalization; and now I am getting interested in modding cell
phones.

I am sure he and Buggy will be at the Jax. FL hamfest in october.

73,
David

"Larry W4CSC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello, David. Yeah, Glenn and I have been friends since way before
> either of us had grey hair...(c; I was a charter member of the
> original ham club, the Holiday VHF Society way back in the 60's, that
> put the first 146.94 repeater on the air.
>
> Er, ah, are you as big a packrat as we are?....(c;
>
> (I don't have warehouses like he does, but believe in the "Every
> Horizontal Surface Must Be Covered" theory.)
>
> Nice ta meet ya!
> 73, Larry W4CSC

Larry,

I don't think ANYone is as big of a packrat as Glenn is.

I am sure that his inventory can meet any need in the field of electronics;
if he can locate it. Having said that, I know that he has helped a lot of
folks by producing parts that are scarce; to say the least. My inventory is
more dynamic; always in motion. I am trying to get rid of the remains of a
2-way shop that I inherited the contents of. Still have remnants of a
buyout in late 2001. Still packing in more, but it is moving in and out..
Trying for equalization; and now I am getting interested in modding cell
phones.

I am sure he and Buggy will be at the Jax. FL hamfest in october.

73,
David

Stanley settled back into the couch, and
Larry W4CSC <[email protected]> said to him:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:10:34 -0000, [email protected] (Yuk Fu)
> wrote:
> >That is quite a skill that he had. I thought of getting a ham license
> >many years ago, but I always wondered if I'd be able to pass the code
> >requirement. It seemed impossible to me that anyone could decipher it.
> >Of course it would probably have been easier for me to learn when I was
> >younger than it would be now. I've always thought that ham radio was one
> >of the best hobbies to have, albeit expensive, but then again, what
> >isn't?

> You can get the Technician VHF license code-free now. ARRL's old
> fogies lost that battle. For the rest of them it's still 5wpm, which
> is pretty simple, but still unnecessary. ITU just fudged under ARRL
> pressure. Morse is no longer "required" by international regulation
> and ITU leaves it up to the individual countries whether to require
> code or not. Read that as ARRL's FCC buddies are still gonna hold the
> line on 5wpm for a few more hanging-on years. It's absurd and really
> hurts the hobby. The guys already on the bands have always used the
> 20 wpm code requirement of old to keep most people OFF the bands. It
> was a punishment weapon. But, times-are-a-changin'.....code is DEAD.

You don't watch ST: Enterprise, do you.

No, Morse isn't dead, yet... and that's a *good* thing, for reasons having
*nothing* to do with The Old Days. Theoretically, Ham Radio is supposed to
be *to train a pool of operators for emergency communications purposes*.
Emergencies are *exactly* the sort of time when you might find that Morse on
the PTT key of your IC-2AT with a broken mic is *all you can send*.

And everyone pooh-poohs that sort of scenario.

Sheyah, right; and no one will ever blow up a skyscraper, either.

Cheers,
-- jra
--
Jay R. Ashworth [email protected]
Member of the Technical Staff Baylink
The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think
Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274

God, unlike Anya, is fond of bunnies. -- Chelsea Christenson

Stanley settled back into the couch, and
Larry W4CSC <[email protected]> said to him:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:10:34 -0000, [email protected] (Yuk Fu)
> wrote:
> >That is quite a skill that he had. I thought of getting a ham license
> >many years ago, but I always wondered if I'd be able to pass the code
> >requirement. It seemed impossible to me that anyone could decipher it.
> >Of course it would probably have been easier for me to learn when I was
> >younger than it would be now. I've always thought that ham radio was one
> >of the best hobbies to have, albeit expensive, but then again, what
> >isn't?

> You can get the Technician VHF license code-free now. ARRL's old
> fogies lost that battle. For the rest of them it's still 5wpm, which
> is pretty simple, but still unnecessary. ITU just fudged under ARRL
> pressure. Morse is no longer "required" by international regulation
> and ITU leaves it up to the individual countries whether to require
> code or not. Read that as ARRL's FCC buddies are still gonna hold the
> line on 5wpm for a few more hanging-on years. It's absurd and really
> hurts the hobby. The guys already on the bands have always used the
> 20 wpm code requirement of old to keep most people OFF the bands. It
> was a punishment weapon. But, times-are-a-changin'.....code is DEAD.

You don't watch ST: Enterprise, do you.

No, Morse isn't dead, yet... and that's a *good* thing, for reasons having
*nothing* to do with The Old Days. Theoretically, Ham Radio is supposed to
be *to train a pool of operators for emergency communications purposes*.
Emergencies are *exactly* the sort of time when you might find that Morse on
the PTT key of your IC-2AT with a broken mic is *all you can send*.

And everyone pooh-poohs that sort of scenario.

Sheyah, right; and no one will ever blow up a skyscraper, either.

Cheers,
-- jra
--
Jay R. Ashworth [email protected]
Member of the Technical Staff Baylink
The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think
Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274

God, unlike Anya, is fond of bunnies. -- Chelsea Christenson

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:45:47 GMT, "David Little"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>I don't think ANYone is as big of a packrat as Glenn is.

Or as generous. He is one fine individual, if a little off the deep
end at times...(c;

I don't say that just because I owe him a few bucks for some cable,
either....hee hee.
>
>I am sure that his inventory can meet any need in the field of electronics;
>if he can locate it. Having said that, I know that he has helped a lot of
>folks by producing parts that are scarce; to say the least. My inventory is
>more dynamic; always in motion. I am trying to get rid of the remains of a
>2-way shop that I inherited the contents of. Still have remnants of a
>hbuyout in late 2001. Still packing in more, but it is moving in and out..
>Trying for equalization; and now I am getting interested in modding cell
>phones.

It's quite a "collection". I get parts from it all the time....

When he got the engineer's job at TV 24, I told him he didn't need a
job. All he has to do is INVENTORY it and put it on a store on Ebay!

Oh, he'll be at Jax....buying more...(c;


Larry

Extremely intelligent life must exist in the universe.
You can tell because they never tried to contact us.

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:45:47 GMT, "David Little"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>I don't think ANYone is as big of a packrat as Glenn is.

Or as generous. He is one fine individual, if a little off the deep
end at times...(c;

I don't say that just because I owe him a few bucks for some cable,
either....hee hee.
>
>I am sure that his inventory can meet any need in the field of electronics;
>if he can locate it. Having said that, I know that he has helped a lot of
>folks by producing parts that are scarce; to say the least. My inventory is
>more dynamic; always in motion. I am trying to get rid of the remains of a
>2-way shop that I inherited the contents of. Still have remnants of a
>hbuyout in late 2001. Still packing in more, but it is moving in and out..
>Trying for equalization; and now I am getting interested in modding cell
>phones.

It's quite a "collection". I get parts from it all the time....

When he got the engineer's job at TV 24, I told him he didn't need a
job. All he has to do is INVENTORY it and put it on a store on Ebay!

Oh, he'll be at Jax....buying more...(c;


Larry

Extremely intelligent life must exist in the universe.
You can tell because they never tried to contact us.

These old cliches about emergency comms are kind of out dated, today.
If they want to "train operators" for emergency comms, I suggest they
drop the code test and substitute a TYPING TEST, instead. The hams I
type with on PSK31 are awful typists...(c;

For those who haven't tried PSK31, you're in for a treat.
www.winwarbler.com
Crazy thing will give perfect copy faster than you can type on a
signal level you CANNOT distinguish from the noise.



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?