Ohio QRPers take break from Field Day to smoke some texters
In the spirit of a segment from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno which aired in 2005, Marion County, Ohio, amateurs staged a face-off between CW operators and local texters to draw public attention to their 2009 Field Day event.
And it worked.
Mind you, neither CW op [my good friend and fellow RAT, Mike Hansgen (K8RAT) and Bill Finnegan (NR8I)] knew the event was taking place and thus, did not practice beforehand.
Read the full article here.
Tags: Bill Finnegan, CW, K8RAT, Mike Hansgen, Morse Code, NR8I, Texters, Texters Vs CW
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