> [Original Message]
> From: dennis o'connor <k8do@mailblocks.com>
>
> Equipment does not the contestor make! Every time I have Greg, K8GL,
> over to the shack and he sits down at the key paddle, I hang around
> with my mouth open (attracting flies as usual) as he casually pulls 3
> (that's three complete calls) out of the pile up on one QRZ.. Has the
> first two stand by, then works three of em backwards, before signing
> his call and QRZ, for another three... I am not incompetent at CW (not
> even close to being in his league though) and his rate on the meter is
> double what I can do at my best... Worse yet, once we go to S&P, he
> makes a single pass across the band and on the next pass doesn't have
> to listen for the call as he tunes as he 'knows' who is where, and like
> a shark homes in on the new guy who just set up shop since the last
> sweep...
That's UNFAIR!!!!!!! We need a SEPARATE CATEGORY for guys like him.
<BSEG>
73, de Hans, K0HB
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