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   Message 140 of 2,531   
   TOM WALKER to DARYL STOUT   
   Re: CW Was: E-mail   
   31 Dec 12 07:26:00   
   
   DS>  Now, that CW is no longer required, people are learning Morse Code   
   DS>because they WANT TO, not because they HAVE TO. IIRC, just after the CW   
   DS>requirement was removed, the phones at Vibroplex were ringing off the   
   DS>wall, for people wanting keyers. A fellow local ham has one of their   
   DS>"classic keyers", and he loves doing CW.   
      
   I have one of those that I picked up out of my dads stuff when he died.   
   I also got a Kenwood TS-440AT and a Kenwood TS-130SE   
   I use the Vibroex as a paperweight. He had removed the Knob on the right   
   side and replaced it with a paddle.   
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