[TenTec] Banana boat swing

[Tony Martin W4FOA]

I couldn't agree more with Bill...but those are the exceptions.  I was 
primarily referring
to ragchewing, etc.....one of my favorite fists to hear and copy is that of 
Senor Ben, YN4SN.  Ben is an outstanding cootie key manipulator!
73
Tony



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:37 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Banana boat swing


> K4CFA wrote:
>
> >there is  nothing wrong with a
> distinctive fist that one can copy.
>
>         True, but for extremely weak signals,
> please send as perfectly as you can.  On
> 160 I often hear a number of guys sending
> with "pregnant pauses" included, e.g.
> W4D_R, N_0XA and W2_ JB come to mind.  I
> still recall seeing 3Y2GV's 160 log for the
> first operation from Peter I Island.  Instead
> of N0XA, he had logged N0XAN since the pause
> after the N confused him into thinking that
> was the end of the call and caused him to
> attach another N.
>
>         The reason for this is fairly simple.
> When signals are extremely weak, syncopated
> sending, pregnant pauses, etc. confuse the
> brain which is struggling to copy signals
> below the noise floor, probably in the midst
> of huge static crashes.  It doesn't need
> any more distractions than it already has!
>
>                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
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