[Fists] Fists QRS OPS

[Rich Dailey, N8UX (2)]

>in 04. And their sending is just as poor. Arent you learning anything by 
>now? I am a
>much better driver than when I started as a teenager. Practice helps. Why 
>doesnt this
>concept work for Fists?

Faster does not mean better.  I actually drive slower than when I was a 
teenager.

>Too many Fists are  slow fumbling ops and there isnt much we can do about it.

Ouch.

I will agree that there seem to be a fair share of sending 
errors,  excursions out
of the realm of standard operating procedure,  etc.  But there are those of 
us who
are willing to put aside our "road rage",  and teach by example through our 
qsos.
I believe the majority of the FISTS fraternity fall into this group.

A lot of us experiment with different types of keys - quite a few of us go 
from being
pretty smooth to downright fumbling when we get the bug or the cootie 
out.  Sometimes the
contacts need a lil burnishing,  or perhaps that dot spring is a lil 
light,  but we work on
it,  and we have fun doing it.  It's not brain surgery.  It's not bumbling 
down the freeway
doing the Detroit lean with a cell phone in one hand,  curling iron in the 
other.  It's the
old on-off keying of a radio wave using your favorite method.  I'll keep 
tolerating the
"fumbling ops" on .058 who don't seem to quite follow standard 
procedure.  They are there,
calling cq,  or answering mine.  Plugging away,  doing their 
best.  preserving Morse.

Yes,  accuracy does transcend speed.
Courtesy at *all* times.

tu de Rich,
N8UX/4