[Elecraft] Copying CW at high speeds

[Gary Smith]

This over 100 WPM is better than I have 
ever been able to do. To that end, I have 
a cert for 45 WPM from some time back and 
though I don't own that speed today, I can 
copy at that speed, it's just my brain 
lags and it didn't use to.

The last Stew Perry contest, I realized my 
bottleneck was typing in the grid square, 
I'd have to memorize each report and then 
hen-peck the data into the keyboard which 
I have to use 4 fingers to do (long 
story). 

I came to understand what I needed to do 
was not remember the call and type before 
replying, I need to listen to the call, 
it's 100% in my head then, but then hit 
the N1MM reply for report, and while it's 
sending the data, then input the data in 
my head into N1MM. 

I cannot hear and type at the same time, 
but I can copy most everything sent in 
clean CW, regardless of reasonable speed. 
I admire those that can sight read music 
at tempo, it's the same as hearing CW and 
transcribing it at the same time.

Mandatory Elecraft content, I have paid 
for a K4D and will be happy when I get it, 
time waiting till then is irrelevant.

Happy New Year to all!

73,

Gary
KA1J