[QCWA] Tape downfall

[B Roske]

I could copy code about 25 wpm and type about 
35 wpm but it still was a challenge to sit the 25 wpm 
CW net at Gitmo (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) during 
a training and shakedown cruise in 1968.

RM3 R.A. 'Bob' Roske,
USS Amphion AR-13, 
Fair Winds and Following Seas

I started as WN0CLR - Feb 1962,  Age 15

73,
Bob, N0UF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <w2icw at juno.com>
To: <QCWA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:25 PM
Subject: [QCWA] Tape downfall


> Joe:
> How in the heck could I copy that darn tape running by when I couldn't
> touch type. They wanted us to type at least 40 wpm on th the tty. All I
> could do was copy code. I had a couple of Sgts that could copy in their
> heads at 30 to 35 but couldn't type either.
> 
> Hank W2ICW
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