[UK-CONTEST] More thoughts on the contest.

[Bob Henderson]

> Another aspect I wonder about is how cqww boys deal with poor sending. A
> couple of times, when I was doing the 15m spell I heard a 5B9, I did
puzzle
> it but assumed it to be something newly allocated, anyway I was busy and
> paid no attention and he never called me. However as it happened, I cam
> across him on 40m, he was going up the band searching and calling at the
> same rate as myself so I heard him several times sending his call 5B9AGA.
> The dx stns went back with the same call and he did not correct them. They
> should have been put on alert with the exchange 5nn 14, but not one of
them
> queried it, and he could not tell the difference between an H or a 5
either
> sending or receiving it.
>
Ah yes, those cursed dits and the problem with J & 5.  I well remember the
many enjoyable qsos I had with Joe, K3J5 back in the early 70's.  Old Joe
was a great rag chewer and a lovely guy but he could never quite get the
hang of his call.  I'm sure it must have been his archangel who blessed the
vanity programme and opened the path for him to become N3EA, which he was
able to paddle faultlessly ;-))

There were keyboard senders back then but I'm sure the idea of using one
would make Joe turn in his grave.  God rest him.

73

Bob, H6VAGN