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

[Donald Chester]

>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....


Of course, Morse Code was originally intended to be read by inkmarks on a 
paper tape.  Landline ops soon discovered they could decode the letters by 
ear, much faster and more conveniently than by fussing with the tapes. Soon 
telegraph sounders were replacing the tape machines.

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