[CW] New RadioTelegraph Operator License- and other codes

[N7DC]

That is where I got mine, in 59.  I could copy Novice speed before that, 
from having to learn it as a 1st class Boy Scout.  I typed in high 
school (went to state championship).  So, since I could type, I didnt 
get the 4 Hours of typing, having passed their requirement the first 10 
minutes of the first day.  That meant - I had CW 6 hours a day.  Yuk.   
They finally reneged, and let me fool around with other things a couple 
hours, after I passed 30.  At the end of the 6 months, I was copying 38 
or 40, but don't exactly remember.  I know I was number two in the class 
of 138, and got to pick my overseas assignment out of about 6 choices.  
I therefore wound up in Asmara, Ethiopia, because the other choices were 
even worse weather.    (The guy that beat me out was also a ham, many 
years before me and think he had his general, but I beat him in speed-  
he knew more about antennas and other stuff they sorta tried to teach 
us)   Got overseas, and a year later I was setting on a circuit that ran 
an estimated 50 wpm, but I and another guy switched off on the position 
every 15 minutes, or our minds just went blank.  They didnt want 
mistakes. HI

   7 Years later, as a civilian communications officer, my first 
assignment was----- thats right ASMARA!!!   For that job, I had to pass 
32, hehe, and was the fastest to ever go thru the class, with 42 wpm 
which was the fastest tape they had.   Copying with a MILL ruined my 
regular typing, and I cant remember one word behind, so no copy by ear 
at all - without at least keeping notes by pencil.
> Joe K2UF <mailto:joe at k2uf.com>
> Wednesday, May 22, 2013 3:47 PM
>
> I went the army route in 1961 at Ft Devens,MA.  I could not type so 
> when I passed 18WPM using a pencil I had to  move to a mill.  4 hours 
> a day typing practice and 2 hours trying to copy on the mill. (the 
> keys on the practice mills were blank).  I was able to get to 30WPM by 
> the end of the course.  The Army incentive plan worked very well.  ( I 
> enjoyed going home on weekends).
>
> Joe K2UF
>
> With enough THRUST pig fly just fine.
>
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