[Elecraft] re: Another urban legend: clicks needed for readability

[Mike McCoy]

Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:

> It will also very quickly put an end to the urban=20
> legend that signals have to have a sharp wideband
> click on them for readability.


I have no idea if this is actually true or not since those able to =
send/copy CW by hand at speeds above even 35-40 WPM seem almost =
superhuman to me. I was once talking about CW to a gentleman that once =
served as a CW operator in the military. He told me his record speed for =
copying CW was 70 WPM. He also said that to copy at such speeds you =
couldn't listen to the actual tone but instead had to tune away from the =
signal until it was just 'clicks'.

Just offered as an anecdote and not as an 'argument' for/against =
anything

73,
Mike K5PU=20



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