Dave N1IX wrote:
We copied 5 character groups so there was very little comprehension.
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My first time passing the commercial radiotelegraph test back in the 50's
required copying 5-letter code groups. As a Ham that was bad enough, but the
commercial test at that time involved all the punctuation Hams never use. I
still remember choking on something like ":;!?(" That put me about two
groups behind. My memory must have been working that day because I passed
with the required 1-minute copy with no errors.
After fiddling around at other things and not keeping up with the
expiration, years later I discovered that I had a lapsed and out-of-date
license just as I was once again climbing gangways to ships so I had to go
sit for the test again. That time was plain language, and there I was all
ready for those nonsense characters.
Ham licensing wasn't the only thing that got easier over the years <G>.
Ron AC7AC
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