[CW] Clueless UPDATE ( as in not a clue )

[Bob via CW]

Ron ..... no harm done ....   We all have felt that way ... It is easy to get frustrated ... particularly when you call CQ ,... 
  
And some one answers you and he sends his call "three" different ways when he calls you .... 
  
You don't know how to reply ...  we have all had this happen ... 
  
I remember Nose KH6HI .... at the time he was probably in the top 5 CW operators in the world .... we worked him a few times .. 
I remember once decades ago when he on a vacation and he visited the states .... we worked him once when he was driving a 60 MPH on the Maine turnpike running the pile up at 30 WPM .... this was at a time when you seldom heard mobile CW stations ... 
Later in his life he had a stroke ...lost the use of his fingers to send CW... BUT this did NOT stop him from getting on the bands   
We worked him in KH6 land ... He could still punch the buttons on a memory keyer ... enough to send out the basic exchange.. 
599 ...op is Nose ... tu  ... 73 ... KH6HI ....  we have his QSL card ... 
Does any one remember Nose ?  
  
Whitey  K1VV  
  

----- Original Message -----

From: "K3PID via CW" <cw at mailman.qth.net> 
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>, Fists at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2015 7:27:57 PM 
Subject: Re: [CW] Clueless UPDATE ( as in not a clue ) 

Well I am ashamed to say that I had not considered the handicap possibility. Most certainly there are hams dealing with physical and/or mental handicaps that would affect their ability to send “perfect” CW and I would have no way to determine if that were the case, I should probably just shut up and go QRT! In my defense, I was not targeting anyone in particular but had just spent a few hours on the bands and was pretty frustrated with what I perceived as an abundance of sloppy CW. If I offended anyone let me assure them that it was not my goal and please accept my apology. 
  
73 Ron K3PID 
  



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