[Yaesu] Quick Question

[John Geiger]

So why did you start this whole thread by bitching and
moaning about having to learn CW?

> 
> Enough of this CW dribble, this is the Yaesu
> reflector, not the bitch and
> moan about CW reflector.
> 
> Scott, KB0NLY
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Darryl J. Kelly" <kk5ib@bscn.com>
> To: "The Computer Doctor" <kb0nly@frontiernet.net>;
> "Yaesu"
> <yaesu@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Quick Question
> 
> 
> Scott,
> The guys certainly have left you off easy. Learning
> the code doesn't require
> total and utter commitment, but like anything of
> real value, it does require
> some level of commitment. I notice you call yourself
> The Computer Doctor.
> Bet
> you didn't learn what you know in a weekend, if you
> are any good at that at
> all, it has taken many hours, many weeks, many
> months and more even to stay
> up to speed. I know a little of this from experience
> and find that computer
> work is tremendously time consuming. Also how can
> you say that you probably
> will never use the code? That's like saying I don't
> like spinich, but I have
> never eaten it. Your post seemed to have a juvenile
> and unrealistic tone
> that
> I just couldn't let pass. I apolgize in advance for
> any offense. (Nine
> months
> from Tech Plus to Extra (20wpm) but I'm a little
> slow, a visual learner.)
> Darryl, KK5IB
> 
> >Wow, if your saying that one has to totally change
> his lifestyle just to
> >learn it then why bother.  This is a hobby, and I
> just see being totally
> and
> 
> >utterly committed to learning CW just to upgrade my
> license, especially
> when
> 
> >chances are that I will never use it again after
> the test.  What a waste of
> 
> >life's precious time.
> >
> >Oh well....
> >
> >Scott, KB0NLY
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Harry Hodges" <w6yoo@cox.net>
> >To: "Neil Kollipara, KC8YFF" <kc8yff@yahoo.com>;
> <kenwood@mailman.qth.net>;
> 
> ><icom@mailman.qth.net>; <yaesu@mailman.qth.net>
> >Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 4:34 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Quick Question
> >
> >
> >> Hi Neil,
> >>
> >> I am a VE Site Manager, a 20 wpm Extra Class and
> the world's second worst
> 
> >CW
> >> operator. I became a Ham in my early 40s when CRS
> was firmly taking hold
> 
> >of
> >> my neurons. I figure that if I could make it
> anyone could; however, it
> >takes
> >> COMMITMENT! If you want to do anything bad enough
> you'll find a way. If
> >you
> >> are blind and want to climb tall mountains you
> can do it and if you have
> a
> >> physical impairment and want to sky dive you can
> do it. You just have to
> 
> >> COMMIT yourself to it, whatever it is.
> >>
> >> In the case of Morse Code or CW, you need to find
> a tutorial that matches
> 
> >> your learning style. Some people are tactile, or
> aural, or visual, or a
> >> combination of all these. Once you have found the
> appropriate program,
> you
> 
> >> MUST COMMIT about an hour a day, EVERY DAY, to
> it. 15-20 minutes in the
> >> morning, 15-20 minutes in the evening, and
> another 15-20 minutes at noon
> 
> >> time while you go for a walk or sit under a tree
> meditating. And just
> >don't
> >> practice listening, SEND with a straight key,
> semi-automatic, or iambic,
> 
> >> whatever but practice converting the written word
> into sound. As you
> >drive,
> >> or pedal your bike around, convert the street
> signs and billboard ads
> into
> 
> >> code in your head. LIVE, EAT, and yeah, even
> dream code. At your age you
> 
> >> should ace the test in about 4-6 weeks.
> >>
> >> Now, what does the test consist of? Well first of
> all, it will be a
> >message
> >> which will contain all 26 letters, numbers 0-9,
> punctuation consisting of
> 
> >> the comma, period, question mark, and slant bar,
> and the prosigns BT, AR,
> 
> 
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