[Lowfer] CW

[Ed Phillips]

Eric Smith wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 riese-k3djc@juno.com wrote:
> 
> > Hay Bill right now you probably pass the test. All you need is a bit
> > more practice and the test is a fill in the blanks. " The sending
> > station was in what city ?" you need to get the spelling OK though and
> 
> Uhhh...did something change?  When I took my tech test in January another
> guy was taking the code test (had already passed the general written).
> They gave him a blank piece of paper and a pencil, plugged in a cassette
> tape (HORRIBLE recording -- lots of dropouts from being cued about 1000
> too many times), and told him to start copying.  It started out with a
> voice explanation, then a string of Vs, and then some code (MY QTH IS,
> etc).
> 
> It ran for about three or four minutes.  The VEs told him if they could
> find one minute of continuous good copy, he'd pass.
> 
> He did not. :(  But, he was old :)


	To brag a little about my almost non-existent copying ability, when I
took my Extra Class code test way back when (1975) the text started out
and then, exactly one minute into it, they sent QRX and I automatically
paused and could never get the copy started again.  When the examiner
looked at my sheet he said something like "You passed OK, but you sure
must be  cocky because you stopped after exactly one minute."  I didn't
tell him what happened or that I had been far from cocky......  What I
did do was work out with some 30, 35, 40 and 45 wpm practice tapes, of
which I could only get a few letters at a time.  I suspect but can't
prove that working out with stuff you can barely copy might work better
than you think.

	Try it, you'll like it and have a feeling of accomplishment.

Ed