The solution to the QWERTY 'problem' is to switch to a Dvorak key placement keyboard!
When I began learning how to do QRQ, I could not send over about 40 wpm on my QWERTY keyboard. A friend suggested I try the Dvorak board, which I did. After about four months my typing speed was in excess of 100 wpm. I'm sure I never could have done QRQ CW without changing to the Dvorak key placement board. 73, Tom - W4BQF -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:43 PM To: Brian Alsop Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRQ CW I can copy 50 WPM on a good day, but when I encounter ops running higher speeds, or if the ol' synapses are dulled by a glass of vino, I eavesdrop using the built-in text decoder (K3 and KX3). I find such signals on 40 m during the day, usually. I think these ops are using keyboards, more often than not, based on the number of mistakes correlated to QWERTY. 73, Wayne N6KR On Apr 29, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Brian Alsop <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a thread on QRQ CW here. Also a query about does anybody send QRQ CW. > > For 2013 CQ WW contest N6TV did an analysis. > The answer was 30+ WPM average. > The top speeds were in excess of 50 WPM! > > See: http://cqww.com/blog/?p=302 > > With all the K3's being used by contesters, it doesn't appear that contesters are running into QSD problems at 30+ WPM. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3722/6914 - Release Date: > 04/29/14 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 Message delivered to > [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 Message delivered to [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 Message delivered to [email protected]
