[Elecraft] Learning CW

[Ken]

To each his own, whatever you enjoy.   But for a different perspective, I certainly enjoy being able to have a longer QSO and “chat” and do more than just the quickie 599/QTH/73 type of contact.   Running 20 wpm lets me do that a lot more readily than running at 10 wpm.   35 wpm is even better because, in my experience, it becomes more like a normal person to person conversation than a very limited slow speed minimal contact.

So while I don’t want to discourage anyone from running 10 wpm or whatever they want, I do want to let people know that moving up in speed does open totally new possibilities for CW contacts.  

73, Ken WA8JXM

> On Dec 1, 2014, at 9:03 AM, r miles <greenacres113 at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> I can still 'head copy' 45 WPM but so what. A person  making a contact with another CW stn. at 10 WPM is having just as much pleasure as a contact at 40 WPM.