[Elecraft] start with straight key or paddles?

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Jeff asked:
How was the speed determined for a sending test? 

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The FCC examiner sat there and listened to you send, and judged whether the
sending was acceptable or not - both speed and accuracy. I'm sure that's why
the sending test was dropped. There wasn't a decent way to quantify the test
so it could be administered by VEC's. That was back before PC's and software
were available cheaply to copy code. 

Ron AC7AC