One can probably find an electric typewriter, but that is not a Mill. A Mill is a manual typewriter that has no shift. It is not good for typing and all the ones that I have seen were manufactured in the forties. Mills are not very useful for anything except copying code. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
On Saturday, May 31, 2014 11:02 PM, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: Should be able to find a typewriter in fine working condition here: http://www.losaltosbusinessmachines.com/ My all time favorite typewriter is an IBM Correcting Selectric II. An APL golfball would be icing on the cake. wunder K6WRU On May 31, 2014, at 8:26 PM, WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > I had to learn to copy at least three times. First, I memorized the code > from the Boy Scout Handbook with dots and dashes. That was good for about 5 > wpm. Then I learned to copy with block printing and that worked well to > almost 20, but I could not get there. I had to learn to copy with cursive to > get the extra back when you had to get a minute perfect copy for the > examiner. I am still working on head copy but for some reason I have to hold > a pencil and make marks that even I can't read most of the words to copy. > Finding a mill that works well is a challenge these days. The ships that I > have worked on have several mills sitting around frozen up, but none that > work well. I don't think there are any typewriter repairmen left around to > rework a mill. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman > K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart > > > On Saturday, May 31, 2014 7:25 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > > > > You are right Chuck, this is true, many will verify it. If I'm writing > it down, the translation path is <hear sound><know letter/number [or > maybe word]><recall shape of written character[s]><write character[s]>. > With a mill, it's <hear sounds><move fingers>. > > I think it's that <recall ...> step that breaks the continuous copying > process, it requires thinking, and if you learned on a mill, or have > used a mill a lot, you're not used to doing any thinking. When I was at > the coastal marine station so many years ago, my mind would wander while > in traffic with a ship ... OK, I was 16, 16-yr old minds wander a lot. > :-) But, it's just evidence that I wasn't thinking about what I was copying > > Copying on a mill, and to a large extent on a keyboard, I have no idea > what I copied when I'm done, without reading it, it's muscle-memory and > it did not go through my alleged brain. I'm not a musician, but my > brother is [however, he makes his living writing software :-)] and he > tells me playing the piano is basically muscle memory ... <see > notes><move fingers>. > > It goes a bit beyond that however, there is a distinct difference > between a mill and a computer keyboard for most. I can type faster > [from hard copy text] on a desktop keyboard than I can on a mill. > However, I can copy Morse [groups or text] faster on a mill than than > that same keyboard. On a mill, I'm good for 30-35 WPM. On a standard > sized desktop keyboard, 30 is tops and will have typos. On a laptop or > other smaller keyboard, I sort of top out at 20-25 ... or less depending > on the keyboard. > > I really don't *know* why, but I suspect that the longer key travel > forces a rhythm that syncs with the Morse. The worst of all keyboards > to touch type on are the flat-panel ones with no key travel. > > Just in case there are any out there looking for a CW Elmer, the CWOps > group runs an international CW Academy. They use a well proved > methodology, a free video-conferencing program with competent > instructors, flexible schedules, and there's lots of on-air support from > the members on the 3 CWT's each Wednesday. cwops.org There is usually > a waiting list but it goes fast. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014 > - www.cqp.org > > > On 5/31/2014 4:08 PM, Chuck Smallhouse wrote: > >> I was tasked teaching much older(>17) and lower ranked Radiomen, Morse >> code, via using a typewriter for copying. It was a learning experience >> for me, as I found this method much easier to learn, than by writing >> down the words and messages by hand. It seemed as if the code >> characters went directly from the ears to the typing fingers, totally >> bypassing any pondering in the brain. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wrco...@yahoo.com > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to wrco...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
