[CW] CW re: 3rd finger..]

[Gregory W, Moore]

David, you are 100% right......now, with a little exposure, its pretty 
easy to copy "THE QUICK BROWN FOX, etc.....  RY's. or more correctly 
"revs", sound like the Lone Ranger theme song,  Incidentally, speed does 
make a difference as to the pleasantness of the sound, as a 60WPM 
printer sounds "neat" while 100 WPM always sounds like the printer and 
associated equipment are tearing themselves apart.......
and various bits of equipment used to secure communications had/have 
their particular "signature sound" that cant be mistaken and one can 
pretty much identify the equipment by the characteristic sound thereof, 
even if you can't read the tfic. ... "LTRS" and "FIGS" are common enough 
to pick up by osmosis, as are the combination "CR CR LF" ( we were 
always taught to use two "CR's" to ensure that those with sticky 
printers wouldn't print garbage).......

Learning to read punched tape is just like learning the code, or 
learning to read, after one has done it  enough, it becomes second 
nature.  It used to be mandatory in RM "A" school, becaure there were a 
heck of a lot of non-typing reperfs floating around, and it sure was 
nice to be able to route messages correctly///

Actually reading Baudot from sound, off air,, as one would read CW, is 
an entirely different animal, I've never seen anyone do it, can't do it 
myself ( nor would I bother to try)  as that what's the greeenkeys are 
all about --hi-- This doesn't mean that nobody has ever been able to do 
it, I have just never known anyone who could....

73 de Greg "GW" Moore

David J. Ring, Jr. wrote:

>Many people can pick up their callsign, or RYRYRY or even CQ with their
>ears, I've never seen a person copy by ear, but I've heard about it.  I know
>people who have learned to recognize their callsigns and who have been able
>to read the holes in the paper tape.
>
>Backspace and letter out!
>
>73
>
>DR
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv at hotmail.com>
>To: <cw at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:57 AM
>Subject: Re: [CW] CW re: 3rd finger..]
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>>Mike,
>>Good thought, perhaps someone will learn to send directly in Ascii.
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>Seems to me it would be more practical to do that in baudot.
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>Wonder if anyone ever learnt to copy baudot by ear, like cw?
>
>Don k4kyv
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