Caspercoin?; some years ago, he was out bidding (over-paying) everyone on essentially common (not particularly collectible) bugs, ammassing a dull collection....
761
kb3omj
Dec 2, 2007 3:58 pm
It looks like I am the new kid on the block so permit me tell the group a little about myself and why I joined this group. I am relatively a new ham obtaining...
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George Osier
herpie2003
Dec 2, 2007 4:16 pm
Hi All !!! I'm new to the group .......... I'm from Ogdensburg , NY wayyyyy up by the Canada border. Been a ham since 1989 and work CW 99% of the time. I enjoy...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 2, 2007 7:05 pm
I'm in the 18-wheeler today, just coming out of Ft Worth and thought I'd hook up the Lionel for the next 200+ miles across the Texas wilderness -- but trying...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 2, 2007 8:22 pm
Hello Earl, The return spring should be on the left side of the frame - you have two adjustment screws - the top one fits into a spring which is shaped like a ...
765
Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 3, 2007 3:34 am
... Ah! Found it -- it is so mis-shapen that I thought it was simply a wire to electrically connect parts together -- I guess AZRoadrunners struck again... 7...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 3, 2007 3:43 am
... Ah! Found it -- it is so mis-shapen that I thought it was simply a wire to electrically connect parts together -- I guess AZRoadrunners struck again... 7...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 3, 2007 4:38 am
... You guys gotta tell me your secret! <G> 7 3 Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 5, 2007 6:35 pm
<http://oh6dc.cw.googlepages.com/homemadebug> KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the Coast...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 5, 2007 6:52 pm
You will notice that the vibrator on the Champion barely moves, but the homebrew bug moves quite a bit. The vibrator never has a chance to get up to speed on...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 9, 2007 9:00 pm
... Looks like they didn't get any bids at all. 7 3 Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the...
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Larry Makoski
w2lj_qrp
Dec 11, 2007 2:28 am
This Tuesday evening, the North American QRP CW Club will be holding its monthly sprint. Here are the particulars: Date and time: Wednesday December 13th,...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 14, 2007 6:08 pm
Yep, I know -- the subject line looks off-topic. Maybe it isn't -- From time to time, I have seen lapel pins that look like straight keys. Are there such...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 16, 2007 1:43 am
Fellow lovers of things radiotelegraphic: - Everyone likes a good mystery. Here is one for you. Before I heard this recording, I thought it might be a...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 16, 2007 5:47 am
Hello everyone. Some have had problems with ogg format, so I've just uploaded a mp3 file of the MGY SOS recording to: ...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 16, 2007 6:15 am
... I'm thinking a modern reproduction, but it's just a weak guess due to the speed. Keeping in mind that I never have operated a SK much, the speed of the...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 16, 2007 6:37 am
Some have questioned the speed of sending. The key used was a straight key and that speed was attainable by expert telegraphers who sent all day on straight...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 16, 2007 7:23 am
Someone suggested that the recording was false because: The signal strength stayed the same throughout the transmission. Rarely is there propagation where...
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Adam Taylor
nothingechoes
Dec 16, 2007 9:36 am
I have questions about this: The speed...im ok with a straight key, im sure there are some old timers who are exceptional at it, but if that was being sent...
779
w9ya@...
w9ya
Dec 16, 2007 3:39 pm
Interesting comments. I, by chance, converted the recording to an mp3 with just enough bandwidth to accomplish a clean output. This of course removed the...
780
cloud runner
KT5X@...
Dec 16, 2007 10:30 pm
WARNING: I have absolutely NOTHING to do with this auction. A link has been put to my website without asking permission the presence of which might imply to...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 22, 2007 6:49 pm
Thanks for all the wonderful answers about the SOS recording of the Titanic. There were only a few who thought it was real. Most thought it was false, some...
783
cloud runner
KT5X@...
Dec 23, 2007 4:51 am
Calling all intrepid nostalgia buffs When: New Year's Eve, any time Where: 25 up +/- What: Any mechanical code making device, particularly old, rare, and...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 23, 2007 4:52 am
W5FG, Jack Najork, sends a good message - why if the recording was a fake why wasn't it circulated. I still have a feeling that the recording - ...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 23, 2007 12:23 pm
I tried so hard to get all the reasons that I forgot one of the most convincing ones -- a professional would have sent the signal of distress as it was stated...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 23, 2007 12:57 pm
Hello Peter, Thanks for your comments (see below my SIG). I've heard people send with a straight key at this speed. And it sound more like a straight key at...
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Earl Needham
earl_needham
Dec 23, 2007 12:58 pm
... I'm not 100% sure I understand this correctly -- 7.025 -- 14.025 -- etc??? 7 3 Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk ...
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Ed Tanton
n4xy
Dec 23, 2007 1:41 pm
Thanks for this David. I greatly appreciate not just the information, but the obvious passion you reflect for our hobby, our (most of us anyway) preferred...
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David Ring
djringjr
Dec 23, 2007 4:35 pm
UP 25 +/- = 25 kHz up from the bottom of the band plus/minus. So on 3500 band it is 3525, 7000 band, 7025, 10100 band 10125, 18067 band 18092, 50,000 band,...
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cloud runner
KT5X@...
Dec 24, 2007 3:35 pm
UP 25 +/- = 25 kHz up from the bottom of the band plus/minus. So on 3500 band it is 3525, 7000 band, 7025, 10100 band 10125, 18067 band 18092, 50,000 band,...
