OPERATING : A CW (and life?) Lesson Learned→

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OPERATING : A CW (and life?) Lesson Learned

Last night, I worked Jack, W4TJE. He’s a great operator, and I always enjoy chatting with him. Later that evening, I got the following email:

Dan,

You mention on your QRZ.Com page how working Field Day in 2002 got you back into amateur radio. I have a similar story here. I’ve always been active, but was never much of a CW op. I just didn’t get it, never saw the attraction. But, at a Field Day around that same time, I watched an old WWII era ham, now SK, working CW at what sounded like machine gun speed, all while sipping coffee and with a cigarette dangling off his lips, and cracking jokes with us while he did it......

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OPERATING : Worked All Plymouth, AF3K/AF4K, DLM Antenna

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OPERATING : Worked All Plymouth, AF3K/AF4K, DLM Antenna

About a week ago, Tom, KE8HUM, answered my CQ. He lives in Plymouth, MI, only 12 miles from me, according to QRZ.Com. He apologized, but I enjoy working guys no matter where they are. He’s a member of our club, a nice guy, and I have his QSL in my collection of QSL cards from stations whose call signs spell words.

About an hour and a half later, I was still down in the shack and worked Gary, K1YAN, Plymouth, MA. I joked with Gary that I was going for the “Worked All Plymouth” award, but, as it turns out, I have a long way to go. According to the Boston Globe, there are 30 cities in the U.S. alone with the name Plymouth.

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