[Elecraft] CW recognition

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Dave N1IX wrote:
We copied 5 character groups so there was very little comprehension. 

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My first time passing the commercial radiotelegraph test back in the 50's
required copying 5-letter code groups. As a Ham that was bad enough, but the
commercial test at that time involved all the punctuation Hams never use. I
still remember choking on something like ":;!?("  That put me about two
groups behind. My memory must have been working that day because I passed
with the required 1-minute copy with no errors. 

After fiddling around at other things and not keeping up with the
expiration, years later I discovered that I had a lapsed and out-of-date
license just as I was once again climbing gangways to ships so I had to go
sit for the test again. That time was plain language, and there I was all
ready for those nonsense characters. 

Ham licensing wasn't the only thing that got easier over the years <G>. 

Ron AC7AC