[CW] K6KPH Code proficiency transmissions

[Ken Brown]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the suggestions.
>
>  the typewriters were ALL CAPS, no lowercase. For those not familiar 
> with the old mechanical typewriters, each had a small lever that 
> provided limited control over line spacing.
I remember seeing one of those at the Van Buren drive-in theater swap 
meet in Riverside, when I was a Novice. Now I wish I had bought it. I 
think I did buy a Central Electronics 20A exciter from the guy who had 
the mill.

Any of you OTs wanting to find a good home for a caps only CW mill, I 
would take good care if it.
>  
> I'm sure many (if not all) of us realize one could easily "qualify" 
> for any code run (ie, how about an 80 WPM run?) by using any one of 
> the readily available pieces of software that copy CW.
K6KPH's signal was good enough, that one of those things probably would 
have worked quite well. I think ARRL code proficiency runs only go the 
35 WPM most of the time, and maybe occasionally go to 40. The Society of 
Wireless Pioneers used to have some real high speed transmissions, and 
certificates available I think. Anyone know whether SOWP is still doing 
this?

I wonder if reading a decoder output, along with copying in the head, 
would be an aid or a distraction to building copying speed? I haven't 
tried a CW decoder since I had a PK64 and Commode Door 64 to play with 
digital modes. Didn't find it interesting enough to keep it around. 
Traded it for a pair of totally flat 572Bs.

DE N6KB