QLF - CQC President Scott Garcia (KCØHSV) sends Morse code with his left foot!

In the "olden" days of radio the international "Q" signal "QLF" was definately not a compliment! When received, it meant the Morse code you were sending sounded so bad as you were probably sending it with your left foot! So, at the Colorado QRP Club's annual picnic we usually feature a QLF competition to see who sends the best with their left foot (or, right foot in the case of those operators who are naturally lefthanded). The event is always a lot of fun and the judges(KIØRB and NO2D)
as seen in the last few frames of this video, go to great lengths to score on speed, "clarity," and other characteristics of your sending. At this particular picnic N1FN came in first place followed by your humble webmaster, WB0JNR. Our grand poobah, came in 4th after his own son took third place!

Here's CQC's homepage:
http://www.cqc.org

Here's your humble webmaster's (WBØJNR) personal web page about Morse code:
http://www.rogerwendell.com/morse.html

Here's WBØJNR's personal web page about the international Q and Z signals:
http://www.rogerwendell.com/qandz.html

- Roger J. Wendell
http://www.rogerwendell.com

09-12-2009

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