[KLQRP] Net tonight

Sun Apr 6 21:24:03 EDT 2008

We are on 3576.53.

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Chris and Andrea Horne <
ckhorne at northstate.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I did not hear any Knights on 3575 at 9 pm. I wanted to try my ATS3. Has
> the sched changed?
>
> 73's
> Chris
> W4CKH
>
> > Greetings Sir John Paul;
> >
> >     It was an awesome net this week. It ran for nearly a full hour, and
> > conditions were great the entire time. Your timing was perfect for
> > making your QNI this week, and your (fist) timing was fine also. I've
> > always found that sending with a hand key is never as easy as using a
> > keyer, or even a bug, no matter which paw ya pound with; and I fully
> > agree with you that fist swapping is not for the faint of heart. :-)
> >
> >     My Navy stint was served at sea, so I didn't have a choice. I had to
> > send with a straight key, and I had send right handed. I also had to
> > copy with a mill, so it mattered not which hand you held the pencil
> > in... and the only time it was needed was for the TOR and
> > authentication. LOL!
> >
> >     All of the shipboard operating positions, equipment, etc., were
> bolted
> > in place so they couldn't become missile hazards underway. The
> > Pentagon declared all Navy operators to be right handed, and mandated
> > the hand keys bolted (and recessed in tunnel fashion) on the right
> > side of all operating positions. The tunnels were intended to keep
> > things from accidentally laying across the key and turning the ship
> > into a homing beacon. :-)
> >
> >     The net of this historical accounting is that I, as a native born
> > south paw, was remanded to a life of deceit and deception as I
> > flawlessly portrayed a noble and faithful servant of the opposite paw.
> > I was able to elusively graduate first in my radio class, and serve as
> > our division's primary ship shore CW Op, without once revealing that I
> > was operating undercover as a lefty.
> >
> >     The good news??? My reward for this contribution to our country, is
> > that I developed the skill to send right handed... something the Navy,
> > the Pentagon, and others apparently assumed was an innate and natural
> > skill. As a natural born south paw, writing with my sinister hand was
> > a much easier skill for me to learn. :-)
> >
> >     The bad news??? I was conditioned to copy on a typewriter, and never
> > acquired the skill to copy code with my left hand to develop any QSK
> > operating skill.  :-(
> >
> >     As a sidebar though... I was able to capitalize on my hidden skill
> and
> > actually did pound out a few with my left... On all to many rough and
> > turbulent "perfect storms", while deep in the bowels of the
> > superstructure, and all but the necessary few needed to keep the ship
> > on course were tied securely in their bunks; I would tap away our
> > position reports and weather observations off to the mainland with my
> > left hand... in a kneeling bow, just to the right of the operation
> > position, pouring out my inner feelings into a standard issue
> > galvanized pail. LOL!
> >
> >     Ah yes... Now I recall why I decided against making the Navy my most
> > first choice for a career...
> >
> > 72
> >
> > Gary,  N3GO
> >
> >     P.S.:  I do remember seeing a left handed bug back in the 60's or
> > early 70's... But I don't recall if it was an original or modified
> > right-handed version. I've seen many of the latter since then, so...
> > although not common... such an animal does indeed exist. N3GO
> >
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: JohnPaul
> >   To: Knightlites
> >   Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:04 PM
> >   Subject: [KLQRP] Net tonight
> >
> >
> >   Gang:
> >
> >
> >
> >   I checked in tonight and did something for a while I have not done for
> > years.
> >
> >   I sent with my left hand.  Seeing that I am right handed it is not as
> > easy for
> >
> >   Me.  I did pretty good, but made a lot of mistakes.
> >
> >
> >
> >   I am practicing for contests that way.  I can send with my left hand
> >
> >   And log and write with my right hand.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Think it is easy, try it yourself.
> >
> >
> >
> >   I am trying to get used to it still and make a lot of mistakes still.
> >
> >   Luckily I can just hit two keys on the memory keyer and it just
> switches
> >
> >   Them back and forth.
> >
> >
> >
> >   With four sets of paddles on the desk, and since they are all in the
> > memory
> >
> >   Keyer it is not that hard to do.  But when it comes to the bug, there
> is
> > no way
> >
> >   To get that old thing to know the left hand.. Hi hi hi.
> >
> >   Now with the hand key I have been having a real time of it.
> >
> >
> >
> >   So, for those of you who do know my fist on the radio, I was trying
> > something
> >
> >   New.
> >
> >
> >
> >   JohnPaul/AB4PP
> >
> >   Sir Scribe..
> >
> >
> >
> >   And, there will be a story after next weekend's ARCI contest.  I am
> sure
> > we will
> >
> >   Have something for that one.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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