[CW] Clueless ( as in not a clue )

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW]

To the real Morse operators, they claimed there was ne'er a signal they
couldn't copy.

Many times it was the poor senders who had lots of traffic - and at 50
cents a word that income increased every day, a 300 word message was
$150.00 income, paid my pay for the day.

I remember the Frenchman whom I called and I could copy NIL he was so bad,
I finally managed to get from him how happy he was as he hadn't had a
contact in months and he had had a stroke.

Of course most of the poor code is from people who should practice or sober
up before they send.

73
DR

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:20 PM, K3PID via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>   Am I the only one noticing that more and more operators are completely
> clueless about the art of sending CW? I can generally copy 25+ WPM of GOOD
> code. That would be code with nominally correct dit to dah ratios and
> spacing's.  It doesn’t have to be perfect but geese! There are ops out
> there that I couldn’t copy at any speed! A long time ago in a galaxy far
> far away we would call them LIDS. Dits that are barely contact closures and
> dahs that run on and on with no break between letters let alone words!!
>
> Sorry! Just felt the need to rant! I feel better now!
>
> 73 es Happy New Year! Ron K3PID
>
>
>
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