[CW] Building Code Speed: Random Characters or Words?

[kburrows]

Hi David,

You always come up with some good info on here,  but I was really surprised
to see your reference to the Nymph and the Lamp by Tom Raddall. He lived
about 10 miles from my QTH and his grandson (Tom Raddall III) is my dentist.
It was a real interesting book, one of many by
him....
When he left the W/T job he went to work at the local newsprint mill
(Liverpool N.S.), then eventually authored full time...

The book is an extra good read for anyone interested in
Maritime W/T....

73

VE1DS


> Dear Richard,
>
> You are at THE hard spot.  Commercial operators used to say that 20 was a
> barrier that could only be overcome by hard work.
>
> There was a novel written by a Canadian Radio Officer, Thomas Raddall
about
> Sable Island in which he has some very interesting insights to this
problem.
>
> http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/The%20Nymph%20and%20the%20Lamp.pdf
>
> I would suggest lots of listening - you're at the usual "top" of pencil
> coping ability - although I've seen some copy 50 wpm by pencil.
>
> Leave a receiver on and listen to what is going on in some sort of round
> table - yes they do have those on CW - usually groups meet around 8 AM or
8
> PM on 40 or 80 meters - also some on 20 meters.
>
> If you find such a group - like the Queen Bee Net on 14038 during the day
> and 7038 at 8 pm Eastern Time, have a listen.  This is a group sending
> between 23 and 35 wpm with operators from New England to Florida to
Texas -
> some running a kW and beams.
>
> I wish you fun in CW.
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
>
>
>
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