[K6BW] How can I improve my CW skills? (purloined from QRP-L)

[David Mueller]

I'm very good friends with John (Actually going to
operate a contest with him in February).  I'm not a
subscriber of CQ, but I'll contact him and ask if he's
willing to share the column of interest.

73, Dave N2NL

--- Bill Smith <hbco2 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Dave, do you have any comments?  Anyone:  Do you
> have a collection of recent
> CQ magazines we could add to our magazine library? 
> We also need QST for
> this year and last year.
> 
> Bill
> 
> Every so often someone among our ranks asks a
> questions somewhat like this:
> "How can I improve my CW skills?"  Or maybe it reads
> more like this: "How
> can I learn to copy CW faster, or without having to
> use a pen or pencil?"
> I just ran across an absolutely splendid article on
> this very subject.  It
> is in the December edition of CQ Magazine, on pages
> 97-99.  It is in the
> "Contesting" column, and written by John Dorr K1AR
> arguably one of the
> nation's top CW contesters.  Additionally, in the
> article he demonstrates
> that he is clearly an advocate for CW, as well!
> 
> I have already read and *digested* the article three
> times, and I highly
> recommend it to everyone else, whether veteran or
> beginner.  John is truly
> a veteran and a great CW high-speed (QRQ) operator. 
> In the article Dorr
> explains the ABC's of how to move from where you are
> right now to where you
> want to go, no matter how fast.  He doesn't promise
> that it will be easy,
> but he makes the way clear.
> 
> 73,
> --Doc/K0EVZ
> 
> 
> W.D. (Doc) Lindsey
> 505-366-7182 mdt
> dock0evz at earthlink.net
> 
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