[CW] K6KPH Code proficiency transmissions

[Ken Brown]

K6KPH was Q5 on 15, 20 and 40 meters, here in Hilo today. I did not 
check the 80 meter frequency. I got interrupted just as the 15 WPM 
transmission was ending and the 20 WPM was beginning. Twenty WPM is the 
level at which I have an endorsement sticker back in 1988. I have tried 
for higher speeds, without quite making a solid minute of copy, so far. 
When I got back to the receiver, they were up to 30 WPM and I found that 
handwriting was giving me more trouble than copying the code, so I tried 
to use the PC keyboard. This is the first time I have tried using a 
keyboard to copy (except just call signs and grid squares in contests) 
and I do not do very well. With practice I think I could get better, and 
it would be preferable to handwriting. I started using "notepad" which 
did not insert carriage return/line feeds automatically. I wonder what 
other people prefer as a word processing program for copying code using 
a computer keyboard?

DE N6KB