**** Re: Re: [High-Speed-CW] list activity ???

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:29:27 -0700

Rick, yes the decoder helps to increase my head speed. Another thing is
I do not type very fast so I have to write. I can relax at high speed and
enjoy it more if I have a decoder to help. Enjoying high speed Morse 
helps my want to learn. I also have a MFJ-493 memory keyer which can use 
a keyboard. My Patcomm PC-500 can send Morse with a keyboard.
MixW software has a long type ahead buffer so I can make up for my slow 
typing. I can type the answers to questions while receiving. My typing 
speed is increasing also using the keyboard. 
MixW software has a manual mode where the decoder is turned off. This 
allows you to decode and type. This mode gives cleaner copy for good 
CW operators, since all decoders miss and add garbage to the copy.
Cheers, Jim W7ANF

Quoting Rick Commo <[email protected]>:

> Jim,
> 
> Have you found that using a decoder has helped increase the speed that you
> can copy with your noggin?
> 
> I had a conversation with another ham some years about (maybe 10).  Joe
> related how he was copying two coworkers whipping along quite quickly
> (perhaps 50wpm).  The next day he comment on how clean their code was and
> they said they were using software for both sending and receiving, but that
> using the software over time had trained to the point that they pretty much
> didn't need it any more.
> 
> Cheers,
> -ricK7log