[CW] Straight key vs paddle

[mikea]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 09:08:52AM -0700, Jim Lasley wrote:
> I agree with Larry. One of the nicest compliments I've had was when
> switching from a bug to straight key was "Wow! A W1AW fist." I still
> chuckle over that one.

It's compliments like that that make one's day. I was teaching a Morse
class, using a straight key at about 7 WPM, and a former Coastie shore
station CW op looked in to say "You have a pretty fist". It just doesn't
get any better than that.

Now if I could only get up to solid copy at 25 wpm or higher ... .

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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Tired old sysadmin