Best QSO in ages...

[W5EUQ]

Perry,  
when I was 15, I had progressed to 35 wpm and could copy on a typewriter 
and carry on a conversation at the same time.... now I can do 35wpm, but 
I have to concentrate and heaven forbid if something distracts me.... 
HI...  in fact, my mind wonders and I lose some of it... oh well... 
hazards of being 66,,,, well almost 67 years old.... I'm an old fart....
good stories... love them.  Bob

Perry Ballinger wrote:
> At 06:29 PM 9/14/06, Brian Carling wrote:
>> I just finished an unusual 10 wpm CW contact on 40m
>> CW with a station in Huntsville, AL that really brightened
>> up my day.
>>
>> It started to get more interesting when he sent:
>> "AGE HR IS 15."   How encouraging!
>> A YOUNG person getting on CW and loving it!
>
> These surprises don't come often enough.  Last year while CW mobiling
> up thru Tenn I worked a KD4 at 35 wpm conversational speed, and it was 
> a 16 year old!  Wow.. that really made my day!  I congratulated him 
> for his accomplishment, etc.
>
>> It bodes well for the future of ham radio when you hear
>> teenagers enjoying it, and especially when they are
>> running CW instead of blabbing into some trashy UHF
>> walkie-talkie rig.
>
> AMEN.. 'nuf said!
>
> Perry   w8au
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