[CW] Fast Paper Copy of Morse WT (CW)

[Chris R. NW6V]

My dad taught me that Navy way of printing when I was 11, and I was up to
18 WPM copy and send before I turned 12.

But printing limited me to about 20 WPM. And I was never good at printing -
it was ugly, but readable. That sums it up now, too. Ugly. and just barely
readable.   I didn't learn to type until decades later - and never for
taking code. Obviously, I never worked as a pro.

As for script writing - every kid in my grammar school back in the 50s had
to go through rigorous script handwriting training - endless pages of
perfect overlapping circles and the like. And I was the ONLY kid in nun's
living memory who never made it into the "Palmer Penmanship Club."

I was a disgrace at ABCs. Buy pretty darn good on a straight key...

73 Chris NW6V





On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 6:34 PM 1oldlens1 <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I think you will find that navy method is also the army method and was
> copied by both from ARRL books of the  1930's. In fact several military
> training manuals are modified ARRL publications.  The block capitals are
> very readable but are limited to around 15 WPM. I am sure there many who
> can write then faster.  Small letter printing of the sort used in drafting
> is considerably faster and less fatiguing,  but for those of who learned
> prooer cursive writing it ts much the fastest.  But even many who were
> taught it in Grammer school don't do it right and wind up with hen
> scratches.
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>
> Date: 2/15/23 5:34 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: CW Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [CW] Fast Paper Copy of Morse WT (CW)
>
> What do you think about fast writing of CW (WT) on paper?
> What do you think about fast writing of CW (WT) on paper?
>
> What is the best handwriting method to write fast?
>
> The late Chuck Adams, K7QO offered great advice, but "always" the fastest
> writing is cursive is not one of them.
>
> Some of my students could use modified printing and print faster than most
> could write. I was stunned when I saw him do it, then others started doing
> it.
>
> I used a modified script, like Italic with a "swung E" like a Greek like
> their lower case epsilon, but more like a W sideways. Or a C with a line
> through it. (-
>
> The Army system for printing is very good.
> You will find it in this book on page 66.:
> https://archive.org/details/Tm11-459_676/page/n65/mode/2up
>
> AF2Z uploaded the whole Signal Corps Morse recording set here:
> https://archive.org/details/U.S._Armed_Forces_Institute_Basic_Radio_Code_ca1942
>
> 73
> DR
>
>
>
>
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