[Elecraft] kxpd3 question

[Arthur Nienhouse]

On 11/9/2017 4:26 PM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote:
> No, Ron, obsessing over sending perfect code is NOT like speaking 
> languages with an accent.
> */Amen to that /*
> Perfect code remains the goal because it conveys the greatest chance 
> of 100% copy.
> */Yes Yes Yes/*
> 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.
*/Often its because of poor spacing running everything together or 
sending the dah with half the
correct length, *timing and spacing* timing and spacing*.
The great Paul Hornung (Green Bay Packer foot ball player) would tell 
reporters when asked what made him so good answer was practice practice 
practice, the code reader in the Elecraft gear helps you to see your 
mistakes.

/*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.
*/Yes Yes Yes very important watching to see if your sending is correct 
timing spacing spelling./*
> 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?
*/Yes you have nailed it completely Kent preserving it correctly..........
Art ka9zap
/*
>
> 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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