Monthly Archives: June 2010

Overland Telegraph – 140 years ago, yesterday!

An ABC News story today tells of the celebrations in Darwin this week marking the start of the Overland Telegraph on 20th June 1870 when the South Australian parliament voted to dedicate about half its annual budget to building the … Continue reading

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CW resources

Via a link to a Facebook page I found two morse related application (for Windows) here. This page is interesting not just for the RSS Morse and Morse Keyer programs, but also some handy morse related links. I discovered a free … Continue reading

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Call that a morse key!

Received the club key from SKCC today. A very solid piece of work that you can tell immediately was designed by an operator. It’s beautifully finished with adjustment knobs that instill confidence. And it certainly makes some in my small … Continue reading

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