That book is too tiny for me to read anymore. Glad I don’t need one anymore!
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Dec 29, 2017, at 4:16 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote: > > Back when I and my buddies were learning CW we had to pass 5, then 13 wpm > sending tests at the FCC to get our license. That provided reassurance that > our fists were readable. The same was true for my commercial radiotelegraph > license using a straight key at 20 wpm. > > > > But, IMX, the best decoders still require CW sent to far more exacting > standards for clean decoding than are necessary for easy, readable copy by a > human operator. > > > > What I sometimes do to check my fist is to record myself sending practice > using a smartphone, tablet, or whatever is handy placed near the speaker, > then play it back later and see if it’s a fist I’d enjoy copying. Yes, I > still practice from time to time. My goal is to send decent CW using a page > from a telephone book (remember those? Hi!). My goal is to get through one > full page of names, addresses and phone numbers without a flub. (It’s harder > than it sounds.) > > > > Also, after 65 years of pounding brass, I’ve never aspired to competitive, > high-speed CW. It’s rare that I’m QSOing above 25 wpm and I keep my straight > key hooked up for the occasional QSO at 10 wpm or less – whatever the other > station is comfortable with. > > > > If you want to work at very high speeds, it is probably necessary to have > special training in the techniques involved such as hearing whole words > instead of letters. In the military we had to copy 5-letter code groups at > 100% accuracy. Since no real “words” were involved, the emphasis was entirely > on learning to automatically write down the exact letters being sent without > trying to make sense of the message. That was also valuable in commercial > traffic handling to avoid stumbling over numbers and foreign or other > unfamiliar words. I still copy letters even when puttering around in the > shack copying CW “in my head”, recognizing each word after the letters are > sent. > > > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > > > > > From: Jim Ewing [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 10:25 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: KX2 CW tx decode for practicing > > > > FWIW, I started back into CW at start of 2015, and agree getting on the air > is essential. But, I have also found that if I use a code reader to read out > what I send wit ______________________________________________________________ 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]
