[Elecraft] For All CW Enthusiasts...

[Doug Person]

Wow.  She's really amazing.

On your point Grant, to each, his/her own approach...  What ever makes 
you happy and most efficient.  Being a professional computer programmer, 
I see as art good code that can accurately decode the broad variety of 
"fists" - be they electronically computer generated or produced with a 
hand key. Just another perspective...

Doug -- K0DXV

Grant Youngman wrote:
> With all the computers and keyboards and automatic QSO contesting  
> software and automatic QSLs, we've turned CW into just another digital  
> mode.  Don't need a stinkin' computer to run CW.
>
> There should be a requirement in CW contests that a manual key be  
> used, and logs be handwritten.  Otherwise why not make those contests  
> yet another PSK31 or Olivia  something or other.  Anyone can type.   
> Anyone, and even their mother, can read CW from decoding software and  
> do automatic logging.   Let digital be digital.  And CW be MECHANICAL.
>
> It's only reasonable :-)
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote:
>
>   
>> Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>>     
>>> .especially those who don't care about a pure "sidetone" note -  
>>> usually
>>> preferring something with a little more character - and for those  
>>> who like
>>> to hear a real fist instead of a keyer.
>>>
>>> The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH  
>>> transmitting
>>> the closing message at the recent "Night of Nights" activity.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI
>>>       
>> Wow! Incredible sending, and almost 6 minutes with only 2  
>> (corrected) errors. I hereby
>> promise to use my bug exclusively until I get 1/10th as good.
>>     
>
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