Wow!! Awesome post. Thanks for sharing this. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message --------From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> Date: 11/10/22 1:46 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Alan Geller <alan_geller2...@yahoo.com> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRP and contesting Funny story.... Last Field Day my son and a friend of his went camping with our group. Neither of them are CW operators (yet), but they did know the alphabet. They borrowed a MCU-controlled code-practice generator from another op and were competing to see who could copy single letters at the fastest rate. When they got stuck at around 20 WPM, I said, "how fast does that thing go?" It apparently would go much, much higher, into Morse nosebleed range. Just for fun, I asked them to set it up to generate random English text at 45 WPM. I decoded enough of it to convince them that this code speed was in my head-copy range. Then they started bumping it up another 5 WPM at a time--a challenge! I was in some sort of zone that day. Maybe it was the sunshine; maybe the idyllic sound of blue jays; maybe the 4-pack of White Claw I'd scored at the liquor store. In the end I managed to copy several words at 70 WPM. I'll never know if they were inspired or demoralized. They shook their heads and went off on a 5 mile hike.WayneN6KR> On Nov 10, 2022, at 10:16 AM, Alan Geller <alan_geller2...@yahoo.com> wrote:> > Yea Wayne, thats the terrific Elecraft attitude that keeps your customer base strong and loyal. > Its called, “ lets all have fun and learn something” Hooray for the serious high speed ops, a > Lot of ex Navy guys, but its pretty easy to spot the slow lane and ease back into the fast lane.> > Happy Veterans Day youse guys….K6ADG> > > > > > I'm in this group. Casual contest operation, usually QRP, mostly CW, and almost always logging by hand.> > I greatly appreciate all of the very serious ops out there who approach this with a high level of skill and give everyone -- regardless of ability -- that next QSO.______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to n...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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