I learned CW in a high school night class with one of those paper-tape code machines. Then I built my 3-tube receiver and listened to CW and practised with my Skillman Key and code oscillator for hours and hours before I took my Novice test in 1958.
I didn't get a paddle until a couple years ago, even though my radios had internal keyers. I am finding it hard to use the paddle. I guess too many years with a straight key where your hand makes each character. I guess in time I will get the reflexes to use an iambic key. BTW I still have my Novice straight key and send 20wpm pretty easy; much better than my paddle sending. When I am involved in eme I use a keyboard program and usually have pre-recorded scripts which I can send with an F key. That frees me from sending and allows adjusting antennas, transmitter or writing in the log. One gets very busy running CW on eme. 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [email protected] ====================================== ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
