[Elecraft] Slow code, etc

[Bill Coleman]

On Jun 26, 2006, at 6:13 PM, ARDUJENSKI at aol.com wrote:

> I sort of like my CW drawl and probably won't change much in the  
> next few
> years.  But are many of you changing to keyboards?

During contests, I always let the computer generate the CW, even  
sometimes using the keyboard feature, although I'll occasionally  
reach for the paddles.

The computer can send faster and more accurately than I can.

Keyboards aren't a new phenomenon. I remember being active in a slow- 
speed traffic handling net in the late 70s and one of the net  
controls was a blind ham who would regularly do 40+ wpm with a  
keyboard. It was funny to listen to him close the net at 5 wpm, then  
crank it up to 40 wpm a minute later.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
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