[CVCC] NAQP CW - WU4G

[k4oso]

I found lots stumbling over “Dude” also. Many asking several times. A couple I had to send it on straight key.  I think it’s the “de” that throws some. 
Milt

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> On Jan 13, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Ronnie Bolton <wu4g at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I submitted mine just a few minutes ago.
> 
> 
> 
> 160:        22           12
> 
> 80:          135         42
> 
> 40:          101         30
> 
> 20:          69           24
> 
> 15:          1              1
> 
> 10:          0              0              
> 
> 
> 
>                328         109
> 
> 36408
> 
> BIC according to N1MM 9.5 hrs
> 
> 
> 
> I almost messed up with off time.  I ate supper and wound up coming back 2
> minutes early (29 minutes) so it didn't count.  I had a 2 hours late start
> due to some other issues and just sat down and started; log showed 119
> minutes, one shy of 2 hours.  Luckily I quit at 12:29 so that was 31 minutes
> for a total of 2:30. One to two minutes earlier and I would have been in
> violation with only 119 min I suppose.  There were numerous other
> interruptions but none were a full 30 minutes.  Got to remember to watch
> that closer next time.
> 
> 
> 
> Funniest moment in contest:
> 
> Wish I had written this guy's call down at the time so I could look him up
> and send him a note.  Hopefully we will figure it out if he read the
> results.
> 
> 
> 
> KG4W and I both happened to call this guy at the same time.  W got through
> first (naturally) and gave him his DUDE VA. I immediately followed with my
> DUDE VA and there was a long pause.  Finally a ?.  I sent again, another
> long pause and then a slow NAME? Two DUDES from VA right behind each other;
> we messed his mind up.  Bet he was thinking a SLIM was playing with him.  I
> hit my DUDE x2 button and he sent yet again NAME NAME?  Finally he took it
> the third time, I guess as he sent TU and went on.
> 
> 
> 
> I found a lot of people stumbling over DUDE.  There would be a pause, some
> would say TU eventually, I guess they would finally figure out in there head
> what they actually heard, or they were correcting their typo (DUKE maybe?).
> If the pause when too long, I poised my finger over my DUDE button as I know
> the inevitable NAME was coming.   I did get a few TNX DUDE.
> 
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> Ronnie
> 
> WU4G
> 
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