[Elecraft] Bad fist

[R. Kevin Stover]

Jeremiah McCarthy wrote:
> There are a lot of bad fists out there, but there is NO excuse for what I heard on 40 meters one day last week while I was at the work bench...

A station in Canton, Ohio was working 7.037...He got a straight key 
reply to his CQ that was too weak for me to fully copy...

His reply was "Your sending is choppy, your fist is terrible, and I 
cannot copy...73"...The poor guy did not reply...

Fortunately I did not have a key hooked up...I was sorely tempted to 
give this guy a piece of my mind...
> 
> Jerry, wa2dkg



I had the same thing happen to me on my very first CW contact back in 1992.

A gentleman in Pennsylvania let me know in no uncertain terms that my 
sending with the straight key was downright ugly and almost un-copyable. 
He also took the time to help me get it straightened out and we ended up 
have a very enjoyable, albeit SLOW QSO.

It motivated me enough to spend the time necessary to improve my sending.

If you don't have the time to help a struggling Ham with some tactful 
instruction keep your hand off the key. You do more damage than good.




-- 
R. Kevin Stover	ACØH

K2/100 #4684

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