[CW] Morse proficiency

Tue, 27 May 2003 19:27:25 -0400

I can't carry on a conversation while sending - whenever I open my mouth,
either my hands move or my mouth moves - but not both.

I am CW impaired.

73

DR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "uranito" <[email protected]>
To: "CW REFLECTOR" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:12 PM
Subject: [CW] Morse proficiency

> Bueno amigos...
>
> Certanly I am not one of the best, but I can make a contest QSO 30/35 wpm,
> drink a "mate infusion" and have an smal talk with my wife, or watching TV
> sports.
>
> Geo LU8DQ (sk) teach me to made 2 contest QSOs at the same time. It is not
> to easy but some time it is posible depending on the other operator skill.
>
> Muchos saludos
> Best regards
> Alberto U. Silva LU1DZ
> (QSL Manager EA3RE)
> GACW Co-ordinator
> http://gacw.no-ip.org
> [email protected]
>
> From GACW Open letter II
> =====================
>
> Proficiency in radiotelegraphy encourages the development of any of the
> following abilities :
>
> * Higher reaction speed.
>
> * Clever discrimination of the required frequency tone (pitch), the ear
> acting like a human band-pass filter.
>
> * Clever co-ordination of simultaneous memory and mechanical action
(reading
> the code and writing it down, or formulating mental images of ideas and
> keying the alphabetic symbols which represent them).
>
> * Simultaneous use of reasoning and memory capabilities.
>
> _______________________________________________
> CW mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/cw
>