[Fists] QRS

[Karl, KB1DSB]

A wise person told me to never respond with a knee jerk reaction to what
people say, write or do.

Someone also told me that to effectively communicate, all parties needed to
be able to understand what the other was saying.

I am a proud member of "The International Morse Preservation Society".

I suffer from various and spurious degrees of tone perception deficit,
better known as tone deafness.  I compensate by using various tricks and
gadgets to copy CW and spoken words. Some days I can copy CW at 20-25 wpm
and others I am lucky if I can copy 10 wpm.

I use a "bug".  Its fun, and it looks cool on my desk.  But, I have it wired
to work with an electronic keyer  Why???  So, I can send as nearly perfect
CW, as I can, over a range of speeds.  I normally leave it adjusted to about
20 wpm, but vary my character spacing according to the op I am chatting
with.  That way they will get nice complete letter/character sounds.  This
works great with new CW ops because they hear the sound of the
letter/character.

I have never forgotten my first few CW QSO's way back 5+ years ago.  I
remember the patience of the ops on the other end to send at a speed
comfortable for me to copy and my halting sending.

I love chatting with CW friends new and old at a speed that is comfortable
for us both.

That being said----

I propose that the FISTS website creates a link for listing QRQ ops and that
Nancy periodically publishes a list of QRQ ops in the KeyNote.  The list can
give the speed at or above which they will only QSO with someone.  This
would be fair to everyone.  The QRQ operators would know other ops they can
chat with without causing ill will. Other ops would have a list of calls
they need not even bother to attempt to contact. Others may also aspire to
one day have their call listed on the QRQ list.

A fair and decent way to avoid bad feelings and prevent the old gastric
reflux from acting up.


Oh yes, the knee jerk reaction thing.  I would have already mailed
everything in my possession associated with FISTS to Nancy with a letter of
resignation from the club. Not going to happen.

You QRS ops, call me if you hear me.  I would love to meet you and chat with
you.  QRQ ops, sorry will not be able copy you.  No hard feelings from this
end.  And, hope none on yours.

"CW is the fun mode."

VRY 73 DE Karl, KB1DSB
BOMOSEEN, VT
A Proud Member of:
"The International Morse Preservation Society"
FISTS # 6938
kb1dsb at sover.net <mailto:kb1dsb at sover.net>