[CQ-Contest] Amusing incident in ARRL 10M Test

[VK4TI]

well done Art,

Another legend of the PC keyboard loose on the bands...I thought I was the
only one..during the ten metre my keyboard randomly decided it wanted to
respond to rf...

call CQ or push any button and it was random what came out...

VK7AK would still be totally confused as to my exchange and to JA1YBK whats
wrong with random CW comments.. :-)

tried a quick change of keyboard -even worse... toroid on the line fixed it
and now leaves me wondering why RF is suddenly in the shack..

otherwise it looked like quite a few where out enjoying the contest..

vk4ti Trent









Art Boyars-2 wrote:
> 
> There I was, ho-humming along on CW Sunday afternoon, hitting F1 and
> waiting for a local to stumble across me.  Ahah! NN3W calls in!
> 
> I hit a button on the keyboard to send the report, but I guess I hit
> the wrong button -- the computer started sending something like "TU
> K3KU"  Whoops!  Hit another button to stop the sending, then grab the
> paddle and start sending the report.  Hey! No response from the
> paddle!  What's going on!?!? Keyer WAS working.  Did computer get
> locked up?  But external keyer is independent of computer...  Look
> around, look around...  Wait a minute!  Why is the radio dial dark????
> 
> To "stop the sending", I had hit the Power button on the TS-850.
> 
> Push the Power back on, grab the paddle and send "NN3W 5NN MD".
> Fortunately, he was still there.
> 
> 73, Art K3KU
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