[Elecraft] kxpd3 question

[KENT TRIMBLE]

No, Ron, obsessing over sending perfect code is NOT like speaking 
languages with an accent.

Perfect code remains the goal because it conveys the greatest chance of 
100% copy.

My post was not directed to beginners but to any CW operator so 
confident of his fist that he refuses to find out what the guy on the 
other end is hearing.

For the last ten years I have taught as many as three Morse Code classes 
every Saturday morning and have insisted that for code purposes the 
mantra is, "there are 27 characters in the English alphabet, the 27th is 
a space, and that 27th is the hardest to learn."

The most important CW feature on Elecraft products is the decoder.  Not 
for copying code, but for copying sending.  When used, one quickly 
realizes he's not the hot-shot code man he thought he was.  FISTS 
members suddenly tumble to the fact that all these years they've been 
sending "CQ FISB" instead of "CQ FISTS."  The first week I played with 
my K3, I was taken aback by how many times I was sending "CQ DEK9ZTV."

It's not the end-of-the world either way, but if Morse is worth 
preserving, is it not worth preserving correctly?

73,

Kent  K9ZTV



On 11/9/2017 3:03 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> With respect, obsessing over perfect code is like demanding that no one speak your favorite language without an accent of any sort.
>
> It's easy to do. Use a keyboard with pre-stored messages.
>
> But many of us prefer non-canned messages even if they involve some oddities in the sending.
>
> I've encountered far more nearly-impossible or impossible to copy fists from commercial operators aboard ships than I've heard on the Ham bands.
>
> I certainly would never want to deter someone learning Morse from using it on the air, even if the best they can do is a roughly sent Name-RST-QTH-73 QSO. That was the whole point of the Novice licenses: we learn faster with real-world experience on the air.
>
> I'm always ready to drop down to whatever speed the other station is sending to help a new CW operator get "his feet wet" and have fun.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net  [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KENT TRIMBLE
> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 12:41 PM
> To: Dave Sublette; Elecraft
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] kxpd3 question
>
> What we DO need to obsess over is sending perfect code.
>
> There's precious little of it out there.
>
> What device is used to send it is irrelevant.
>
> Dave is right on all points.
>
> 73,
>
> Kent  K9ZTV
>
>
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