[Elecraft] Copying CW at high speeds

[K2bew]

Jim I really appreciate your long explanations of learning to improve CW.
Thanks so much!
73,
Tom Bewick, k2bew

On Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 22:17 Jim Danehy <jsdanehy at gmail.com> wrote:

> The electrical pulses from your ear to your brain travel at extremely fast
> speed.
>
> The speed of light in a vacuum is 186,282 miles a second ; about
> 670,616,629 mph.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> It is called getting over the hump. Or through the walk.
>
> 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.
>
> 73
> Jim
> W9VNE / VA3VNE
>
>
>
>
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