I appreciate all of you who weighed in on loving clean CW. I do too! If he/she is having fun I'm having fun. It doesn't matter if it's a kid learning a musical instrument, someone learning a language... or learning Morse.
I am pleased to have developed the skill to copy a bad fist, just as I am happy when I can understand someone speaking in a very heavy accent. It's a pleasure to me to be able to communicate. It's a pleasure to play a tiny part in helping the other operator develop his/her skills. To me, that's what the Ham radio fraternity is all about. In spite of many, many thousands of hours working CW both as a Ham and commercially, I cannot identify another station by a single dit or even a few words if he/she is using a keyer. That's my failing. I'm very impressed! I do love listening to great hand-sent CW, just as I prefer great music by instruments played by humans instead of listening to perfect, computer-generated music. But I understand that anything less than machine-perfect Morse is irritating to some. I was only pointing out that, in contrast, I enjoy hand sent Morse, just as I enjoy listening to a live musician, even if the rendition is not "perfect". 73, Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ 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
