[CW] In your head

[David Ring]

Hey, Neil.  I do the same thing.  But mine is like a Western Union
tape printer.  I envy you guys with the modern LED's.  The only thing
is that the paper is white not WU yellow.  Progress perhaps!

I just look at the tape and read it, doesn't everyone do that?  When I
type the code, I look at the letter on the paper tape and bash that
key top.  Let's see now.  QST QST QST DE W1AW W1AW W1AW NW CODE
PRACTICE ...

See easy?

Maybe if I drink another cup of coffee, I will see the LED's.  You
might be on to something good.

73

DR


On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Neil <neil at ghostdog.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question about what goes on in your heads when
> copying code.
>
> Tiny background: I'm relearning cw operation. After 40 years
> away. Max
> code speed was then, and is now, 15-18wpm. After coffee.
>
> Here's the question. My mind wants to visualize the incoming
> stream of
> Morse as an illuminated LED-like ticker tape. If I only
> focus on the incoming
> letters, I can track fairly well. But to get meaning, I need
> to mentally track
> the composition of the ticker stream. Parse, somehow, the
> words. Then concatenate
> them into meaningful language.