[TenTec] CW

[Steve N4LQ]

"surgery on  both hands"
I knew there had to be a down side to 80 wpm QRQ.
Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW


> My 85 year old friend is Ted, K5LGJ, who lives in Shrevesport, La. and I
> have been talking with him probably 15 years. It seems like he probably
> picked up QRQ when he was in his sixties. We still chit-chat just about
> every Saturday and Sunday morning  on 7.033 about 7:30 am EST.
>
> The other 'senior citizen' is Lyle, W9FCX and he and I normally get on
that
> same frequency and time just about every weekday morning. However he is
> going to be off the air for a while (a week or so) because he just had
> surgery on  both hands.  Lyle is  80 years old and does quite good  up to
> almost 80 wpm.
>
> Tom - W4BQF
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Mykeyw9 at aol.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 5:18 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] CW
>
>
> > In a message dated 7/25/2004 11:43:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> > aldermant at alltel.net writes:
> >  The oldest one is 85 and he can copy at
> > 80 wpm. So age is not an impediment to copying high speed CW.
> > Tom
> >
> > I'm 83 and still cannot head copy more than 15 WPM (although I still
try).
> > Just as a matter of curiosity, did your friend who is 85 recently learn
to
> copy
> > at very fast speed or was he able to achieve it when a lot younger and
has
> > just retained it?
> >
> >
> > Mike W9UQB/7
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