[Elecraft] VP6DX scraping the bottom

[Vic K2VCO]

Brett Howard wrote:
> That's just bogus!  Its NOT the speed that you need to get competent at.
> It's the speed that many people may be competent at but not all of us.  If
> you guys are going to continue to tell people that they need to get
> competent at 25-35 then you can simply kiss CW goodbye.  If people
> (especially DX an DXpedition type stations) are unwilling to slow down and
> give new CW ops some of the fun contacts then why would we be willing to
> want to continue to learn CW?  

It depends on what 'competent' is. There's a big difference between 
being able to carry on a conversation at 25-30 wpm and being able to 
make a contest/dx QSO. In fact, contests are a very good place to 
improve your CW ability. You hear the same exchange over and over again, 
and ultimately you begin to pick things out.

Maybe a 5 wpm operator will not be able to make the leap to copying his 
own call at 25 wpm, but probably a 15 wpm operator can.
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco