[CW] ?"Morse Therapy"

[Danny Douglas]

At around 30-35 wpm, I copy slightly behind, drink a coke and carry on a
conversation with someone else.  Beyond that, I pretty much have to pay
attenton to what the guy is saying, to get it all down.

All I am saying is that people saying they copy at 40 wpm, yet cannot anwer
a question asked, are NOT copying at 40 wpm.  They are skimming and that is
just fine for what it is,  but why send at 35 if one cant respond to a
question?  A primary rule of radio has always been, send only at the speed
of the slowest operator, and if you are the slowest operator, send at the
speed you can copy,  not at the keyboard speed you can send.  Any fool can
set a computer up to send at speeds, far faster than they can type.  Just
put the whole convrsation on a MACRO , and rip it out at 100 wpm, but dont
complain if someone comes back to you at the same speed.
Danny Douglas
N7DC
ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB
All 2 years or more (except Novice)
Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred,
I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for
those who do.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>
To: <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] ?"Morse Therapy"


> If you are handling message traffic or working as a professional
telegrapher
> (how many of those are still employed to-day?), I can see the point of
> perfect copy on paper, but nowadays most of us just use CW for  ham radio
> communication.  When we work phone, we don't attempt to write down what
the
> other person says, or record every QSO verbatim.  So for a normal ragchew
> type of QSO why would we bother to write down every letter?
>
> I normally operate CW just as I would operate phone, and copy in  my head,
> maybe taking notes of such things as name and QTH, and anything else I
> wanted to remember or preserve.  I can easily copy perfectly in my head at
> speeds far beyond my writing ability.  I don't participate in traffic
nets.
>
> I never could get the hang of  "copying behind".  To me, it's kind of
like
> trying to read and listen to the news at the same time, or patting
yourself
> on the head while you rub your tummy.  It's the writing part that I find
> distracting.
>
> Don k4kyv
>
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