[CW] K6KPH Code proficiency transmissions

[Jack Harper]

Greetings to the List from a snowy Rocky Mountains...

When I got my Extra back in 1997, I found things 
*much* easier while using a keyboard rather than 
trying to write 20WPM copy down on paper. I am a two-fingered typer even.

I have no idea why...

Regards,

Jack, WØYJ
Evergreen, Colorado


At 04:22 PM 12/15/2007, you wrote:
>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
>
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