[CW] Copy speed (Was: Straight key vs paddle)

[Joe, aa4nn]

You all have good ideas...
1. Use a ball point pen...less drag
2. If printing upper case, letter E is a backward 3, one pen stoke.
3. In Military training we only pencil copy to 18 wpm, then to the mill.
4. If you must copy, practice using keyboard into MS Word, not pencil and paper.
5. Don't react so quickly to each morse element...copy behind a little bit.
6. I.e. concentrate.  Let the code pass thru your head before writing it down.
7. Listening to code faster than you can actually copy will help increase speed.
de Joe, aa4nn
Lake Wylie, SC