I've been following the recent posts about CW and would like to share an epiphany of sorts.
A couple of hours ago, I got my Begali CW Machine. One of the facilities it has is a 'training' facility. Within this training facility is the ability for the machine to evaluate the sender's code and provide immediate visual feedback. Aw geez........I've been a proud brass pounder for 51 years. Bugs, paddles, 'swipers, straight keys. I've always thought of myself as pretty darn good with all of them. Well, did I get a dose of reality today. I sounded great on a paddle because it does all the work for me. On the other stuff I'm really not very consistent at all. That new little blue box is now going to be part of my daily routine until IT tells me I'm sending good code. I honestly thought my code was darn good which proves how ineffective it is to try to evaluate oneself. It's equally ineffective to expect that another human can provide accurate feedback. The human listener will have a tendency to guess the upcoming character, allow his or her mind to 'adjust' poor word spacing so the word comes out "right", etc. Clearly, some device that can objectively evaluate one's sending is the best feedback. This is without doubt the best investment I could have made toward my personal goal of developing the 'manual' fist possible. Stan WB2LQF ______________________________________________________________ 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
