[Elecraft] Learning CW (was: CW Program)

Vic Rosenthal [email protected]
Tue Jan 7 12:57:00 2003


[email protected] wrote:
> 
> I apologise for obviously taking it as a
> far more serious statement than it was intended and becoming offended by
> the notion that you, or anyone for that matter, would discount a QSO
> because they suspected, or knew for that matter, that the operator on the
> other end was using a computer crutch.

Thank you.  As a matter of fact, I've never actually tried to upset anyone's
computer program.  I also always QRS when asked.
 
> What would you suggest for someone who can copy at 10wpm but is completely
> incompetent at 5wpm?  Did I somehow skip a "mode" in the learning
> process?

You probably have learned to copy by groups rather than letters.  I doubt that I
could copy 5 wpm in my head; I would have to write it down.  On the other hand,
I don't usually hear CW much slower than 10 wpm on the bands.

73
Vic K2VCO