[Elecraft] Bad fist

[Mike Markowski]

Jeremiah McCarthy wrote on 04/06/05 10:38 ET:
> There are a lot of bad fists out there, but there is NO excuse for
> what I heard on 40 meters [...] "Your sending is choppy, your fist
> is terrible, and I cannot copy...73" [...]
> 
> Jerry, wa2dkg

You're right, Jerry.  Maybe it's bad habits, or he's new, maybe there's
a physical impairment, or who knows what.  I've had great QSOs with guys
sending slowly & with let's just say less-than-perfect CW.  One op
apologized for his fist saying he had just retired, was getting back
into radio, and it was his first CW QSO in over 20 years!  I felt lucky
to have been the one he ran into.  And the funny thing, regarding what
you copied, is that it takes a lot more effort to use bad manners than
good...

Mike  AB3AP
Avondale, PA