[Elecraft] Off-Topic: CW sending vs. receiving speed

[Doug Person]

I sure can relate to that. I can send wonderful code at 25 WPM but 
simply cannot copy anywhere near that.

I'm trying a new technique.  I'm going to copy received code by typing 
it on my computer.  I can type an easy 60-70 WPM so I'm hoping that by 
putting down the pencil and banging on the keyboard I can substantially 
increase my receive speed.

Doug -- K0DXV

Ricky Robbins wrote:
>> Is it logical to assume that a person's CW sending speed approximates
>> their copy speed?
>>     
>
> Well, it's *logical* - that just doesn't always mean it's true.  :)
>
> After a long period of inactivity, my copy speed right now is about 10
> wpm, but I can send considerably faster and I have to keep reminding
> myself to send at about 10 wpm to avoid getting it sent back to me at
> a faster speed than I can copy.
>
> I can copy faster than 10 wpm when receiving the standard RST, Name,
> QTH, Rig, etc., but if you start telling me about your late
> grandmother's bursitis woes or the cabbage worm grief in your garden I
> probably won't be able to keep up.
>
> The problem is when I'm sending with a straight key I tend to creep up
> in speed without realizing it, get it back at the faster speed, and
> then cut QSO's short because I always feel it's impolite to ask the
> other fellow to QRS when *I'm* the one who sped us up in the first
> place.
>
> The aforementioned ticks me off (at myself), because I'm a ragchewer
> and when we move off of the formula and get into cabbage & grandmas is
> when I start getting more interested in the di-dahversation.
>
> I keep thinking the speed will come back, but I don't think it's
> coming back at the rate it came originally some thirty years ago.
>
> Rick
> N4YQP
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