H,mmmmmm feel like the big Chief in one flew over the cuckoo's Nest
I think that was juicy fruit !! ...
Wonder if your's is dentyne, peppermint or spearmint flavour ?
sure would not want to start out with the wrong type , one would
never know what might happen.
Gus Samuelson VO1MP all puckered up and ready to chew.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rex Maner" <k7qq@netzero.net>
To: "CQ-CONTEST" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:11 PM
Subject: Fw: [CQ-Contest] Secrets of Contesting, Chapter One
> Quack Perspective
> PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. I still can't copy the 45/50WPM Ops but when
> they are calling me at reasonable speeds I usually can get most 2x3 calls
> the first time when they are some what in the clear, on CW different
story.
> Some combinations really screw me up even when they slow down to 25 ???
> K7QQ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Neiger" <n6tj@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 06:21
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Secrets of Contesting, Chapter One
>
>
> > SECRETS OF CONTESTING, CH. ONE
> >
> > As I pass through the twi-light years of my radio contesting career, I
> think
> > it important
> > to reveal some of what I call "Secrets of Contesting". Perhaps others
may
> > find them helpful. I hope so.
> >
> > Although it is perhaps all to easy to take a few hundred thousand
contest
> > QSO's for granted, one may reasonably ask, "How can you possibly
> demonstrate
> > such a keen accuracy in REMEMBERING six or more characters, sent only
> once,
> > at a very high speed, and then faithfully re-transmitting them back, and
> > again accurately logging them?" For me, a Contest Forum virtually
cannot
> > pass without having to expound on just HOW I have been able to do this,
> with
> > such inordinate skill, and for so very many years. If you truly wish to
> > learn this secret, please read on...........
> >
> > IT HAS BEEN PROVEN that the simple act of CHEWING GUM will improve your
> > short- and long-term memory by up to 35 percent! It is believed that
the
> > gentle exercise of chewing may be enough to raise a person's heart rate
> and
> > increase the flow of oxygen to the brain.
> >
> > Chewing may also trigger the release of insulin in the body, which could
> > increase the uptake of blood sugar by the brain. It is firmly believed
> that
> > it is nothing IN the gum, but rather that the act of mastication
(repeat,
> > mastication) that is making the difference.
> >
> > Simply, if you chew gum, you will observe an increase in your heart rate
> of
> > five to six beats per minute. This may be unrelated to brain function,
> but
> > on the other hand an increase in the blood delivery of oxygen to the
brain
> > probably increases cognitive function.
> >
> > Also, chewing a stick of gum probably fools the body into thinking that
it
> > is about to get a meal, increasing insulin production. The hippocampus,
> the
> > region of the brain that deals with memory, has insulin receptors which
> are
> > involved in increasing the uptake of glucose.
> >
> > It took some trial an error on my part, to be able to make SSB QSO's at
a
> > high rate, while actively chewing, but it can be done. It was very
> similar
> > to the practice I was required to employ when I changed from sending CW
> with
> > my right hand, to my left hand, some twenty years ago, but it can be
done.
> >
> > So there you have it. Chewing gum helps your memory while contesting.
> >
> > Please let me know how it works out for you.
> >
> > Vy 73
> >
> > Jim Neiger
> > N6TJ
> >
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