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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