[TenTec] CW

Tommy aldermant at alltel.net
Mon Jul 26 19:54:35 EDT 2004


Naw...you got that backwards...some years ago he severely burned both
hands...the surgery is to remove some 'webs' between his fingers so he CAN
type at 80 wpm again!!! Pretty gutsy for someone that age!

Tom - W4BQF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW


> "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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