[Elecraft] Farnsworth Method

[Phil Kane]

Robert Tellefsen wrote:

> Hi Ron
> Looks like we are of the same vintage.
> I was a 1952 Novice too.

Count me in that year as well.  I learned my 5 wpm from and 
Instructograph that the HS radio club had.  Engineering school and grad 
school/employment took up much of my time after that and I stayed a Tech 
until 1962, took the Advanced in 1968 when it again became available, 
and 20+ wpm Extra in 1974.

> I remember working every day on my code, sturggling up to 13 wpm.
> The night before I took the bus into Seattle for the General test, I
> had a buddy send me some code practice for a final tune up.
> 
> So, he launched into this string of stuff that made no sense to me
> at all.  I had to ask him, what was he sending?  Turns out he was
> sending the index to the tube tables in the back of the handbook! :-)
> Really had me going 'til I understood what was coming at me.

I was TDY in New York at the time so copying W1AW's code practice to get 
to 13 wpm was a snap.  They sent tube tables as "pseudo-groups" and text 
from QST consisting of whole words starting at the left-hand side of the 
line and going backwards to avoid "copying ahead".  It worked!
> 
> Great days those were.

Amen, brother.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402