[Yaesu] Quick Question

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:08:58 -0600

ME?  You think I started this?  I guess you don't read much, or are
selective about which emails you read.  I posted a response to another post,
and the next thing I know im in middle of being ridiculed for not upgrading
myself.  Excuse me, but get your facts straight before you jump at me.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <[email protected]>
To: "The Computer Doctor" <[email protected]>; "Yaesu"
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] Quick Question

> 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" <[email protected]>
> > To: "The Computer Doctor" <[email protected]>;
> > "Yaesu"
> > <[email protected]>
> > 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" <[email protected]>
> > >To: "Neil Kollipara, KC8YFF" <[email protected]>;
> > <[email protected]>;
> >
> > ><[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> > >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,
> >
> >
> === message truncated ===
>
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