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ve3lyx:
I totally agree. My ancestor left Germany for believe it or not, Ireland (Rathkeale) in 1709. He was forced to change the spelling of his name to an anglized version however fortunately the sound of the name remained the same.  The name went through three spelling, I have the second. A generation later my line came to New York. After the Revolution we were forcibly exported to Canada and lived with in a few miles of my QTH. In 2000 I went to Germany and did a bit of searching. I discovered a few members of the original family still exisited and by 2001 had made contact. I was warned that only the young ones understood any English and so a friend in Germany from another hobby taught me deutsch by email. Surprisingly it was a big help and when I was invited to the family yearly reunion I was able to struggle thru. two years later I could talk for hours on almost any subject. I will never be perfect but I can function fairly well. That year, 2001,  we were reunited as a family in Metzingen (Schwaben area) for the first meeting in 292 years. An experience I will never forget. It is recorded both in the Uni Heidelberg Virtual Bibliotek under The Great Adventure or Der Grossartig Abentuer and in the book Return to Deutschland available from the IPA  museum store in Rathkeale Ireland. Learning the language (which I am sure you understand what I am about to say here ,) that was sort of installed at birth by my genes or blood, as it came easily to me, has paid huge dividends both in my career as an race engine builder and as a ham radio operator. I have switched to German several times in a QSO with areas of the world having a similar deut based language when English was not cutting it. So far instant success in every case I tried it. I suspect but have never tried it, that I would be ok with it in CW as well.  The doors it has opened for me since would fill a book. I wholeheartedly applaud your efforts to relearn your old language. It should never have been lost by either of our families.

don

G0BVZ:

--- Quote from: ve3lyx on February 26, 2014, 12:45:51 UTC ---<<snip>>  It should never have been lost by either of our families.
don

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Don, this was the nicest post I've read in a long time, it really struck a chord with me and I shan't forget it in a hurry. As they say, "You can get the man out of Ireland but you'll never get Ireland out of the man!"  ;D 
I've noticed that using some German or French cw abbreviations etc  in appropriate QSOs usually gets a positive response. It is so easy to forget other OPs may not be using their first language and arrogant to expect only English. A little consideration can go a long way....

You'd laugh at this: when in my early teens I was desperate to revive my Irish so I secretly bought records from Gael Linn in Dublin (Father had the Irish wouldn't use it with me....) and I played them on a portable wind up gramophone. They were not great and books didn't exist so my efforts were doomed, I didn't progress much.  Decades later with computers and so on, things much better but what a shock written Irish was!  Words can mutate at the beginning, in the middle and at the end. Sometimes all three at once. Wonderful!!

Just to insert a little ham content, I did notice in the write up that the Miss Moskita 40m qrp cw rig -not the easiest build by all accounts- was designed to cope in EU broadcast conditions. I wonder if it could cope with your local BC station?

Vic

ve3lyx:
Thanks Vic,
Re the BC QRM, good question. I did some testing last night and discovered it is ground wave.  Basically it is overdriving the audio amp and to my understanding probably also the FET in the detector section , driving into suedo diode mode. I happen to know the station engineer and know they tried a cheaper method of doing the guy wires that should cost a lot less and is "almost" as good. It is since then I noticed it. He wouldn't care so I wont waste my breath. There are times when it isn't bad or even there. Damp days are the worst.
What interested me in the kit is my pal is into kit building and does a nice job. The build would be easy for him. Is there much to do after the build to get it up and running? He is really into QRP.
don

G0BVZ:
Don,
Almost too much infos!!   ;D

Miss Mosquita manual (very good)   http://www.qrpproject.de/Media/pdf/Mosquita40Engl.pdf

....And the description http://www.qrpproject.de/UK/missmosquita.htm

Vic /too long coding today, brain turned to jelly.....

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