[TenTec] Banana boat swing

[Tony Martin W4FOA]

> K9WWT wrote:
>
> There is the key to coin a phrase!  A fist one can copy.  Most times when 
> I am QSOing someone with a bug with a bad swing I give up after the second 
> round.

++Well I think the best way to avoid that is 1. Don't call him if he is 
CQing and/or 2. Just tell him, I'm sorry I can't copy your fist.  In either 
case, I think either would be appropriate and understandable.

If you are going to use a bug at least put enough effort into your sending 
so the other party can copy it without racking his brain to figure out what 
you are sending.  Spacing is the "key" to good sending.

++On the other side of this, I might ask why don't you put forth enough 
effort to learn to copy those fists?  Yes, this is boastful, but I take 
pride in saying this "if you can send it, I can copy it".  But to be honest, 
I spent 35 years doing this professionally and I have run into every kind of 
fist you can imagine.  Including one situation where code was whistled into 
a microphone because the remote operator did not have a key.  Believe it.

 Besides a keyboard lets you multi-task!  I can load up the buffer and go 
for a cup of coffe get some ice crean and maybe even say hi the the XYL all 
before it is time for the next over!  And still feel the joy of a good hour 
long CW QSO.


++And this is precisely why I avoid computer generated CW QSOs.  They are 
without a doubt the most boring QSOs one can find....it's kind of like 
talking back to a telephone recording.  If I am called by a computer CW 
station, I am kind and exchange the necessary info but I can assure you, I 
am gone at the first chance I get.
>
> Now for my second pet peeve.  A QRP signal working someone running 100 
> watts or more.  One party gets solid copy while the other must strain his 
> ear to even get a report.  When I go down to 1 watt and match the other 
> guy's power, it is just amazing how short the QSO becomes.

++I think my thoughts in the 2nd paragraph apply equally as well here.  I am 
also a QRP operator and I get a great deal of fun and pleasure out of 
pulling out the weak signals.  Sometimes it is really quite interesting...a 
guy using a battery powered Tuna Tin loading up his mattress springs.  It 
may not be much fun trying to copy him but I can guarantee you he got a big 
kick out of knowing he could be heard.

 Just thought I would toss my 2 cents in.  73 K9WWT  dit dit !

++And that is what makes this such a great hobby....we all have our own 
ideas and preferences.

73 and catch you on the bands for a Computer to Cootie QSO  <grin>

Tony, W4FOA


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> Bill Tippett <btippett at alum.mit.edu> wrote:K4CFA wrote:
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>>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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