[Elecraft] Copying CW at high speeds

[Kevin McQuiggin]

It does not negate the argument, but nerve impulses are based on chemical reactions in neurons, and only travel at about 120 metres per second.

> On Dec 28, 2019, at 7:16 PM, Jim Danehy <jsdanehy at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The electrical pulses from your ear to your brain travel at extremely fast speed.
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> The speed of light in a vacuum is 186,282 miles a second ; about 670,616,629 mph.
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> My point ? At QRQ CW speeds something occurs that you normally do not encounter at slower speeds.  Look at a dictionary. Many words start with a common pattern. After 5 or 6 letters there are alternatives. At QRQ speed Your brain is actually ahead of what your ear is feeding your brain. It is giving you a choice of words to choose from.
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> The task is to choose the correct one. You are aided in that choice by the context of the message. I don’t know why this occurs. But it does.
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> So when you learn to copy Entire words rather than letters ; this is the phenomenon that occurs at high speeds. It helps but it can also throw you a curve ball. That is where message context enters the equation.
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> When you copy entire words rather than all the letters you have assistance. Your ability to copy faster speeds will improve with time. I only mention this as things get better the longer you stay with it.
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> It is called getting over the hump. Or through the walk.
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> It usually appears more difficult to increase your speed. However things do occur that help you achieve the ability to copy entire words. Then QRQ CW becomes conversational.  Kind of like auto fill with computer typing.
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> 73
> Jim
> W9VNE / VA3VNE
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