[CW] Clueless ( as in not a clue )

[Bob via CW]

Dave ..... 
  
For a touch of reality ... every one should tape record their CW for 20 or 30 minutes ... and then play it back and listen to it ... 
  
Bs for Ds ... 6s for Bs...  .. maybe something worse ...We record our CW once in a while ...it can an be a sobering experience.. 
  
It is not hard to get into some "bad" habits .... 
  
Whitey  K1VV 

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From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr. via CW" <cw at mailman.qth.net> 
To: "K3PID" <Ron.K3PID at sbcglobal.net>, "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 7:44:54 PM 
Subject: Re: [CW] Clueless ( as in not a clue ) 

To the real Morse operators, they claimed there was ne'er a signal they couldn't copy. 

Many times it was the poor senders who had lots of traffic - and at 50 cents a word that income increased every day, a 300 word message was $150.00 income, paid my pay for the day. 

I remember the Frenchman whom I called and I could copy NIL he was so bad, I finally managed to get from him how happy he was as he hadn't had a contact in months and he had had a stroke. 

Of course most of the poor code is from people who should practice or sober up before they send. 

73 
DR 

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:20 PM, K3PID via CW < cw at mailman.qth.net > wrote: 



Am I the only one noticing that more and more operators are completely clueless about the art of sending CW? I can generally copy 25+ WPM of GOOD code. That would be code with nominally correct dit to dah ratios and spacing's.  It doesn’t have to be perfect but geese! There are ops out there that I couldn’t copy at any speed! A long time ago in a galaxy far far away we would call them LIDS. Dits that are barely contact closures and dahs that run on and on with no break between letters let alone words!! 
  
Sorry! Just felt the need to rant! I feel better now! 
  
73 es Happy New Year! Ron K3PID 
  
  



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