Sunday, July 31, 2016
W9ZN's CW Warm-up: "Ben's Best Bent Feet"
I happened to come across this fellow's signal on 40 a week or so ago. His warm up routine really had me scratching my head. I've been on the air for a long time, much of it on CW, and I never heard anything like this. Listen to the video (!) and you will see what I mean. Harmless fun I guess, and there does seem to be a connection to radio history.
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Neat. Using the key to give an Interval Signal. FSK would make it even more interesting.
ReplyDeleteMan, the rhythm! A bit like Joe's theme for Ham Nation.
ReplyDeleteCW : Try sending 'Best beef essence' or 'best bent wire'. That's rhythym. Or voice practice : 'famous Fleetwood fisherman Fred Findus fries five fresh fish for Friday's family feast'. HI HI HI.
ReplyDeleteWow, I've been hearing Bill loudly almost every night down here in Colombia for a couple of years, I can even spot his signal/sending style in the middle of a QSO. It's also somewhat of a propagation indicator from the US. 73 de HK4DEI.
ReplyDeleteEvery now and again, I call him, but he doesn't hear my little 5W signals. One of these days, conditions will favor, and I'll snag a QSO. I've long wanted a contact with this owner of a most memorable signal on 40M in the evenings.
ReplyDeleteBill lives in Chicago, and there was a rather well-known DJ in the Chicago area in the 60's, called Bill "Butterball" Crane. I've gotten it fixed in my head that they are one and the same guy, as I think I read something somewhere which suggested that.
"I need love, you need love, and we can buy a license at City Hall if you really dig Butterball."
Dave
AA7EE
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