I have just signed up to this list, so I have not seen this whole thread, but I have to say that I am disapointed with what I am hearing. I agree that hams should take pride in their sending, but I also believe that hams should encourage new hams by helping them out, not by shunning them just because their code is sloppy.
I have been out of the hobby since the early 80's and am just now getting back in as my kids want to learn. I had a great elmer and my code was descent and I will make sure my kids do the same, however, not everyone has that luxury. There are a lot out there learning on their own, even more so that the morse code requirement is gone. Shunning newbies because of poor code is not what amateur radio is about, answer their CQs and help them out. I know I wasn't perfect when I first put my hand to the key and I would bet that most of you were not either. I wonder how many abandoned the hobby because nobody would answer their CQ. To me, its sad. 73, Lee Currently Expired (was N4RKI) On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:51 AM, drewko <[email protected]> wrote: > With good CW ops you can just save all the dah's till the end and send > them all at once; if the other guy is any good he knows how to put > them all back in the right place. [See QST March 1964 "Love them > Dits..." > > 73, > Drew > AF2Z > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:20:49 -0400, Ken VE3HLS wrote: > >>It sounds like everyone is saying sending sloppy code is desirable. How >>odd; I always thought hams took pride in their sending. Well formed, >>well spaced characters are much easier to copy. I find nothing quaint >>or charming about sending dits at 30wpm and dahs at 10 wpm, which is >>typical of what I hear. Either slow down the dits or speed up the >>manually sent dahs. I know there are limits on how slow you can send >>dits with a bug, but if you can't slow it down enough then consider >>using another instrument for sending code or resign yourself to the fact >>that VE3HLS will never answer your CQ (that should be pretty easy to >>live with)! :-) >> >>daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah dididit dididit >>daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! :-) >> >>Ken, >>VE3HLS >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
