[Elecraft] Farnsworth CW

Wed Oct 29 18:52:01 2003

That's an excellent question, David!=20

Among those ops who I heard from because they struggled to learn to have
QSO's on the air after learning CW by the Farnsworth method are a couple =
who
are "regulars" here on this reflector.=20

Since I learned the "old fashioned" way, my assessment is based entirely =
on
the comments of ops I've chewed the rag with, and the experiences had
working them on CW.=20

That's why my comments were mostly about my experience working such ops =
from
my side of the QSOs and I had nothing to offer about whether the =
Farnsworth
system is easier or harder than other systems.=20

The common thread I found was the frustration those ops felt being =
unable to
copy when someone started sending to them at a 'true' 10 wpm, or in =
trying
to be understood themselves sending spaced-out characters. Of course, =
anyone
who learned the Farnsworth way and who was able to quickly pick up the
proper spacing for on-air operations wouldn't be among the frustrated =
ones,
nor would I find them any different from any other CW op on my end.=20

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] =
[mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of David Toepfer

While I no doubt respect the experienced opinion of Ron I also =
respectfully
disagree.

I have my reasons for disagreeing with him, but my inferior experience =
would
make them easy to refute as naive.

What I would like to know is how many other experienced CW ops agree =
with
him and why.

dt
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