Well, the biggest mistake I made as a beginner was not knowing all of the usual cw abbreviations. I thought my copying ability was lousy...it wasn't, I just didn't recognize those cw shortcuts.
The one that threw me most often was "ES" (back in Feb 1966) until my elmer stopped by to watch me copy. I apologized for doing a lousy job and he laughed and explained it all to me. I was good at cw, but lousy at comprehending what I was writing down. The other big mistake back then was starting to send before completely throwing the knife switch...but that's doesn't apply any more. LOL de Doug KR2Q And "de" mean "from" :-) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
