[CW] Prosigns & Phillips Abbreviations

[Donald Chester]

>From: Neal McEwen <nmcewen@metronet.com>

>The were three things that improved the thruput of telegraphers, the
>typewriter, the bug, and the Phillips code.

I wonder if anyone has tried to copy code on a typewriter or computer using 
the DVORAK keyboard.

I taught myself to type while in high school, using a mechanical typewriter 
with the conventional " QWERTY" keyboard.  I learnt many bad habits and 
errors, and always had difficulty typing, just barely more than hunting and 
pecking.  I first heard of the Dvorak keyboard in the 60's, but gave it 
little thought until computers came along.  Windows computers and the newer 
Macs all have it pre-installed as an option.  I found a tutorial on the web, 
downloaded it, and practised for about 20 minutes a day for 3 weeks until I 
mastered the basic keyboard.  It took me a couple of months to regain my 
original typing speed, but now I type much faster and more accurately than I 
ever could before, and for the first time in my life, touch type without 
looking at the keyboard (I have no choice - the  letters on the keys don't 
correspond with the actual keystrokes).  I would urge anyone to try it.  I 
can't touch type QWERTY any more, and to me it is a good riddance.

Don K4KYV



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