[CW] RE Writing pens

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:01:50 -0400

About writing down copy:

Some of the people on the air send so poorly, with poor spaces, bad ratios,
poor spelling, that the only way you can figure out what they're sending is
to write it down.

NO ONE can copy that stuff in "de head".

73

DR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald KA4INM Youvan" <[email protected]>
To: "cw" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] RE Writing pens

>    Copying sent text onto paper is a SKILL that cw operators can
> develop or not, frequently used to pass traffic.
>
>   Sending cw from text on the printed page is a SKILL that cw
> operators can develop or not, frequently used to pass traffic.
>
>
>    Copying sent text onto paper is also used as we learn the code,
> casual QSO's don't require hard copy.
>
>    Head copy is a SKILL that cw operators can develop with enough
> practice.  (I choose to work on all three.)
>
> > Hope I didn't make anyone mad about using ink pens for CW. After being
off CW
> > for many years. And just starting over. I can't copy in my head. But
hope to
> > someday. But for now, It's the old pen. Thanks to all who helped. 73
> --
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