[CW] Reading With the Ears

[Bob Liesenfeld]

Hi gang,  Coming late to this thread but it seems it is around the skill/art of reading Morse.
  Among other factors, I have found that the weighting of elements is HUGE for me to head copy.
  I find that if the weighting is just so, (longer dahs, shorter dits, shorter intere-lement)  the words just pop into my head.  The more standard weighting, especially Farnsworth,  and I struggle.
  Can't 'splain it.  Just sayin its so for me.  :)
Bob WB0POQ

On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:25:52 -0700
 Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>    I find this interesting, my own experience is that reading by ear and reading by writing it down are different; learning one may not teach you the other. I think sending is still another function, it is reasonably well known that one can be good at sending and not receiving or vice-versa.
>    No one seems to have done research, or at least none that I've seen, about the difference between reading tones and reading from a sounder. I think they are different. I add to this the combined skills of being able to write code on a typewriter.
>    I am also curious about the correlation, if any, between translating code and understanding speech. Also, what difference is there, if any, between people trained to use a pictographic written language and a phonetic one?
>    In general, I think translating code to words is far from simple or trivial despite having been a fairly common ability.
>    Another thought, inspired by the note about QRM: I have watched an "expert" CW op who was just paralyzed if he heard more than one CW signal. I am not such an expert but have always been able to distinguish among several signals with different tones or even different rhythms. I think this is not an unusual ability. What say others here.
>    Reading Morse seems to be far from a trivial process.
>On 3/14/2019 8:23 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
>> An interesting article, thanks to Shin, JA1NUT.
>> 
>> Modern neuroscience has shown deciphering Morse code is identical or comparable to reading printed matters. The problem is how and what to write with it. Only 599 or meaningless numbers?
>> 
>> 
>> http://nuttycellist-unknown.blogspot.com/2012/09/reading-with-ears.html
>> 
>> Shin is a retired physician and an excellent Morse operator.  He likes to rag chew, listen for him an hour before dawn on 40M around 7021 to 7033 kHz.
>> 
>> There's QRM in Asia on exactly 7020 kHz.
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> DR
>
>-- 
>Richard Knoppow
>1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
>WB6KBL
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