[Elecraft] O.T. Learning Morse Code

[Phil Hystad]

During my Novice years back in the mid-1960s, I was operating regularly from my home
QTH during summer vacation.  My neighbor who was a former Navy radioman wanted to
try out some operating.  I had a J-38 straight key for sending and at that time I was 
head copy (mostly) at up to 20 wpm.

So, we found a station sending about 10 to 15 and my neighbor couldn't copy.  He asked for a typewriter.
I went into the closet and got the old manual typewriter and set it on the desk.  He was
in fat city and copying everything sent.  He could NOT copy without that typewriter.  I mean
not at all.

73, phil, K7PEH


On May 31, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Chuck Smallhouse <w7cs at theriver.com> wrote:

> A bit of "Believe It Or Not".
> 
> As a very young 17 year old, and couple of years after I was first licensed, I was approached by a LT in the local Naval Reserve and asked if I wouldn't like to join his unit.  After a hesitation on my part, he explained that he needed someone to each his Radiomen the Morse code and theory.  After more hesitation, he proposed that he could enlist me at an above the entry level rate, and as a 3rd Class Petty Officer.  I really was not familiar with Navy enlisted ranking, but it sounded better than as a Seaman.  So I accepted.
> 
> I was tasked teaching much older(>17) and lower ranked Radiomen, Morse code, via using a typewriter for copying.  It was a learning experience for me, as I found this method much easier to learn, than by writing down the words and messages by hand.  It seemed as if the code characters went directly from the ears to the typing fingers, totally bypassing any pondering in the brain.
> 
> Chuck,  W7CS
> 
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