[CW] CW Timing

[David Toepfer]

Yes, I know.  Thank you.

This was a typo (notice the second set of calculations takes the total space of
7 into account and not 5).  I saw it before I went to bed last night but was
too tired to post a correction.

dt
.

--- Howard Kraus <K2UD@adelphia.net> wrote:
> The space between words is 7 dits.  Any less, and it sounds like a run of
> consecutive words.
> 
> 73
> 
> Howard Kraus, K2UD
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Toepfer" <davetoepfer@yahoo.com>
> To: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:19 PM
> Subject: [CW] CW Timing
> 
> 
> > I have recently been (re-)training myself CW.  I learned for my Novice in
> the
> > late 80's (as I recall) but at the waste-of-time rate of 5wpm.  And in
> this
> > effort I have done a bit of studying and am working on my own method of
> > learning.  Of course, the long and short of it is all you need is desire
> and
> > commitment and keep doing it and eventually you will be able to do it.  I
> do
> > not have the experience to say about the ability to attain good or not
> with any
> > arbitrary method.  But one of the things I have noticed about CW timing is
> that
> > there is that the timing ratios we learn are interesting, but they seem
> > arbitrary beyond the dit:
> >
> > dit 1
> > element space 1
> > dah 3
> > letter space 3
> > word space 5
> >
> >
> > But if you have ever taken music you may notice, if you change your
> perspective
> > a little, a different relationship:
> >
> >
> > dit 1
> > still start with a unit
> >
> > space 1
> > element space, again, just a unit
> >
> > dit+space 2
> > dit followed by an space
> > every dit is followed by a space
> >
> > dit-space 2
> > a rest in the time of a dit+space following
> > preceeded by the trailing space from the last element
> >
> > (dah 3)
> > this is defined back from what is defined next
> >
> > dah+space 4
> > a dah exists in the time of 2x dit+spaces
> > preceeded by the trailing space from the last element
> >
> > word-space 6
> > a rest in the space of 3x dit-spaces
> > preceeded by the trailing space from the last element
> >
> >
> >      P          A        R       I      S              P          A
> > _ ___ ___ _   _ ___   _ ___ _   _ _   _ _ _       _ ___ ___ _   _ ___
> >
> > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> >
> >
> > The line below the CW for PARIS PA is a dit crack, kind of line when you
> count
> > 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 in music.  Notice, every element starts on the start of a
> dit
> > in the dit track, and every space starts with a space in the dit trace.
> So,
> > simply, if you keep your timing even as in music, with every dit as a dit
> and
> > every dah as long as a "di dit", and if you say "dit" in your head between
> > letters, and you say "di di dit" in your head between words then that is
> all
> > you need.  This may seem awkward to someone who already has a fine fist
> and
> > intuitive timing, but for a place to start, I have found it useful, as
> many
> > have in learning timing when they are learning music.
> >
> > I apologise if this has been observed before, but I felt like it is
> something I
> > should share in case it has not been.
> >
> > dt
> > .
> >
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