I've spent many an hour observing my subjective thought processes as I copy
CW. And I have to admit that after 60 years of operating CW (with a head
copy cruising speed of 25-30 wpm and a hard copy speed transcribing
radiograms of about 22 wpm using pencil), I do not actually hear entire
words,
Hi Folks,
Great thread, but we're past the single OT posting limit. Lets wind this and
its related threads down now in the interest in respecting our other readers and
relieving them of email overload :-)
73,
Eric
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On 12/30/2019 7:33 AM, Bill
Guys,
I think all the comments are very good but would like to add this PRACTICE
PRACTICE PRACTICE...
I know lots of hams that would like to learn the code but not enough to put the
time in. If a person just puts in 15 or 20 minutes each day to practice, it
will keep them from slipping
I don't think they use KSM any longer. Both KPH and KFS are active and
assigned to Global HFnet LLC, and I think the museum society worked out
some deal for perpetual usage of the calls and working frequencies by
the museum site. At least that's what RD told me. KSM is still active
in ULS
On 12/29/2019 8:39 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
> But today...Morse is only a hobbyist's or historian's undertaking. I
> personally found practice at Morse reception to be far more rewarding
> outside the ham bands...but that option no longer exists.
Check out for the schedule of operations of KPH /
Discussions of Morse copying skills are nowadays addressed to casual amateur
efforts where complete and accurate hard-copy output is seldom required.
Professional Morse skill was measured at the speed that the operator produced
complete and accurate hard-copy. An operator who head copies at
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