[CW] High speed sending...

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

My first response got bounced for some reason.  My suggestion to folks who
are having trouble sending is that they obtain a single-lever paddle and use
it instead of the dual-lever.  It may also help to disable the dash memory
in the keyer.

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Werner Jochem" <wemjo@gmx.net>
To: <CW@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: [CW] High speed sending...


> > Hello: I am having trouble sending much faster than about 25 wpm,
> > I can copy about 30wpm and am working on increasing that.  I learned
> > on a straight key and after six years I got a paddle, that was hard,
> > but can now use both quite well.   Any advice?
> > Andrew VE1EX
>
> I'm facing similar problems. Copy is okay up to 40 wpm (and more - it
> strongly depends on the "quality" of the sended code). I got a lot of
> problems with QSD when sending at a speed higher than 30 wpm.
>
> Finally I asked some of the high speed cracks. I got two advices:
>
> 1. Get a high quality paddle (I'm using a Vibroplex Square Racer and a
> Schurr Profi 2).
> 2. Practise, practise, practise ....
>
> Actually I practise about half an hour every day at a speed of 40 wpm (oh
> nooo ... of course not sending on the band ;-) ). Mostly I take articles
> from a newspaper or a magazine. Another good exercise is "to play qso".
> Imagine a qso and you want to tell a story. The advantage of this method
is
> that you don't have to read a text from a piece of paper, but to form
words
> and sentences in your brain. This meets a real qso much better.
>
> Doing so for about four weeks I notice a slow progress in my sending
> abilities. QSD lessens, reliability improves.
>
> BTW: in my experience it's better to switch off QSK when sending high
speed
> cw. You will get less noise and it's easier to focus on the forming of the
> code.
>
> 73 cwfe Joe