Fw: [CQ-Contest] Secrets of Contesting, Chapter One

[Rex Maner]

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 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <CQ-Contest at 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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