[Milsurplus] Hey Bob, W9RAN

Robert Nickels ranickels at gmail.com
Thu Jan 8 11:32:30 EST 2026


On 1/8/2026 3:05 AM, Gene Smar wrote:
>
> Was "FN" the Elmer for Joe and Judy in 73 mag? I actually used one of 
> his tricks when I gave Novice Morse tests. He told Joe and Judy that 
> he would send 5 minutes of 5WPM Morse as a warmup exercise, then tell 
> them at the end that they had passed their code tests. Worked for my 
> students as well.

Yep that's right, Gene.  The guy who taught the code for my Novice class 
was a carpenter and he added one of his rafter square clamps to the arm 
of his bug to slow it down to 7-8 WPM.   After he examined our copy one 
night and announced that we all just "passed" our Novice code test, the 
weight came off and the speed went up ;-)

73, Bob W9RAN
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