RE: > k5gn once said "he who calls the most CQs wins" this is still true.
John Wilson K4YF (now regrettably a silent key) had a similar but more
generic proverb:
"If you are not transmitting, you are not in the contest."
I try to remember this when I catch myself tuning 160 for too long without
making any calls (or when starting to doze off!)
>From Hodge Thorgerson David Cameron-INBA <hodge@redvax1.dgsca.unam.mx> Mon
>Apr 4 23:13:18 1994
From: Hodge Thorgerson David Cameron-INBA <hodge@redvax1.dgsca.unam.mx> (Hodge
Thorgerson David Cameron-INBA)
Subject: Regional Reporting/ARRL160
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9404041618.I28028-0100000@redvax1.dgsca.unam.mx>
Dave Patton wrote about the agony of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and the need to
support the wrists properly.
A suggestion: I have been using a laptop now for a year and a half,
including a few full 48 hour outings. What I do is take my hands off the
keyboard every other CQ or so, as in VERY FREQUENTLY, and rotate my wrists
a few times in each direction as well as ball and extend the fingers. I
also try to pay attention to the amount of tension I use to suspend my hands
over the keyboard. These same sort of exercises can be used to keep the hands
fit between contests, a good idea for us "typing" types.
I can always tell when I have fallen asleep in the middle of a QSO cuz there
is a string of k's or s's in the exchange window :-)
73, David XE1/AA6RX
ps. If your wrists are not yet shot, you may find that a set of 10 push ups
a day will help strengthen the wrists for this kind of stress.
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