[CW] q vs y

[Ken Brown]

> New bees frequently confuse letters based on the way they look on paper
> such as --.- and -.-- but these SOUND completely different from a pacing
> stand point.  (code should NEVER be printed out, it NEVER helps)
>
>   
This is why the old ARRL Learning The Radiotelegraph Code books always 
list the characters as dah di dah dah and never as - . - -
The spelled out sounds make it more difficult to associate the look of 
the combination of dits and dahs with the characters, and forces you to 
think of the sound instead.

Thinking in terms of how dits and dahs look on paper is another indirect 
method of conversion that adds mental steps to the process.

This is based on the assumption that you listen to CW to copy. Apologies 
to any deaf CW ops who use other methods.

DE N6KB