[CW] Signal Corps Morse Writing

[Kate Hutton]

I have fallen into my own system of printing, where some letters are capital
(R, K, etc.) & some are not (e, a, d).  I worked it out just by
experimentation, since my typing is horrible.  My code practice buddy thinks
it's illegible, but I can read it.

If I had a scanner, I'd provide examples.

73 Kate K6HTN

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Henry Mei'l's <meils at get2net.dk> wrote:

>  *Thanks for the info David.*
> *I'll check out the website.*
> *As I mentioned in an earlier mail on one of these CW related reflectors -
> I also worked out a sort of personal quick-write, using
> simplified/streamlined letters and numbers, also using symbos for the most
> common short words and letter combinations - began to look like a cross
> between Arabic, Old Norse and ancient Greek! But, why reinvent what others
> have already developed ;0).*
> **
> *73 Henry, Cph.*
>
> *----- Original Message* -----
> *From:* D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net>
> *To:* CW Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 31, 2010 7:06 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [CW] Signal Corps Morse Writing
>
> When I was studying for my 1st class radiotelegraph Morse tests - 25 wpm
> English and 20 groups per minute of cipher groups, I learned Chancery
> cursive italic which was a bookhand used in the middle ages by monks who
> copied the Bible and other books hour after hour.  It was optimized for
> legibility and speed.
>
> http://jp29.org/itintro.htm
>
> I use a simplified version of the script shown here - with some
> modifications - I put a slash through the zero, and I put a foot on the
> figure one, and I simplify the capitals removing most of the flourishes -
> with the strange exception of the capitals of D and R which for some reason
> got used when I serviced a telegram, those letters being my sine.
>
> I also searched for the fastest ball pen, I found the Write Bros pen at the
> time was fastest.  The test I gave was to drag the pen ove paper without
> pressure and see if it would write.  The Sanford company makes the fastest
> roller balls these days - uniball, jetstream, vision.  Try one you'll love
> it.
>
> The research was worth it - I could NOT write 20 wpm clearly before and the
> examiner at the FCC told me that I had very good handwriting - and even more
> importantly, I passed the two Morse receiving tests.  Fortunately for me the
> FCC allowed me to do the 25 wpm English sending test with a Vibroplex bug.
> I did the 20 gpm ciphers with a hand key - but they're much easier because
> they don't have groups of fast dots like ESE and so forth that are really
> hard to send fast!
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
> David Ring, N1EA
> -30-
>
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Henry Mei'l's <meils at get2net.dk> wrote:
>
>>  *Yes, theSG writing style is  fine for legibility -- but is it optimal
>> if you have to copy at hi speed and don't have a mill at hand?*
>> **
>> *73 Henry OZ1uF, Cph.*
>>
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