02-24-15 03:10 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about CW Was: Older

 DS> {at}MSGID: 
 DS> Ed,
Howdy! Daryl,
 EV>When I was dating my wife, I taught her a bit of the code but she never
 EV>was interested in getting licensed.

 DS>   Years ago, before the 13 and 20 WPM CW requirements were
 DS> removed (and eventually the 5 WPM requirement as well), I asked
 DS> one ham radio operator (who became a Silent Key a few years
 DS> later, due to a massive heart attack), what he secret was to
 DS> learning Morse Code. He quipped "I learned all the dirty words
 DS> first".

 DS>   Laughing, I said "Well, you can't say them on the air, but if
 DS> it helps, more power to you".
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 DS>   There are many programs and methods to learn CW, and I know
 DS> several hams who are so comfortable with it, that they can
 DS> carry on a voice QSO, while the CW QSO is going on in the
 DS> background. They'll pause the voice QSO at times, saying "just
 DS> a minute"...go over to the keyer, and "pound some brass" with
 DS> their reply. Then, they're back to the eyeball QSO at hand.

Not Me.
One time I did put the J-38 Straight Key on the floor and used my Left
Foot to carry on a QSO (conversation).

QLF anyone?
QLF is a made up Q-Code meaning "Are You sending with Your Left Foot?".

I'm left handed so the left foot was the natural one to use to send
CW that night.

 DS>   It's like a whole new language...but with the nervous system
 DS> damage I have (along with tremors in my hands...more on that in
 DS> a minute), while I could send great, I'd lock up when it came
 DS> time to receive.

Wasn't (Isn't) there a Section in the Rules and Regulations where the
F.C.C. will accommodate Handicapped people who are taking a test to
become a Amateur Radio Operator?
It seems like I remember reading something like that long ago.

 DS>   The neurologist thinks I have "cervical osteoarthritis", but
 DS> the weather (ice and snow) has repeatedly delayed an MRI of my
 DS> neck, and an EMG (electric nerve conductivity test). While the
 DS> MRI doesn't bother me (I'm not claustrophobic), I understand
 DS> the EMG is "very uncomfortable, and painful". They want to rule
 DS> out the possibility of neck surgery. At least when my next
 DS> disability review comes up in 2019, I can truthfully say that
 DS> "my health has gotten worse". But, believe me, folks do NOT
 DS> want to trade places with me.

I was in the room with my wife when a Doctor gave her some test to see
how her nerves in her arm were.
I remember seeing Needles poked lightly in her arm but don't remember
her experiencing any pain during the test.

Hopefully that was a EMG test back then, don't know.

Look it up on mayoclinic.com or Doctor Web.
When I want to know something medical I do a Search on the Mayo Clinic
web site to see what I can find out about the subject of my search.

 DS>   As an aside, I normally don't like to be up in the dead of
 DS> night answering BBS mail, and doing BBS tasks. But, after
 DS> "nature and/or a nightmare", I can't go right back to
 DS> sleep"...so, I do computer and BBS work...plus, looking at the

Me Too!, the computer doesn't care if I wake it up in the middle of the
night because I couldn't sleep.
73

... A yer ago I kudnt spel progrmer now I are won
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