Wow. She's really amazing. On your point Grant, to each, his/her own approach... What ever makes you happy and most efficient. Being a professional computer programmer, I see as art good code that can accurately decode the broad variety of "fists" - be they electronically computer generated or produced with a hand key. Just another perspective...
Doug -- K0DXV Grant Youngman wrote: > With all the computers and keyboards and automatic QSO contesting > software and automatic QSLs, we've turned CW into just another digital > mode. Don't need a stinkin' computer to run CW. > > There should be a requirement in CW contests that a manual key be > used, and logs be handwritten. Otherwise why not make those contests > yet another PSK31 or Olivia something or other. Anyone can type. > Anyone, and even their mother, can read CW from decoding software and > do automatic logging. Let digital be digital. And CW be MECHANICAL. > > It's only reasonable :-) > > Grant/NQ5T > > > On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote: > > >> Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >> >>> .especially those who don't care about a pure "sidetone" note - >>> usually >>> preferring something with a little more character - and for those >>> who like >>> to hear a real fist instead of a keyer. >>> >>> The sender is Denise Stoops, the first female operator at KPH >>> transmitting >>> the closing message at the recent "Night of Nights" activity. >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4scmlC7tI >>> >> Wow! Incredible sending, and almost 6 minutes with only 2 >> (corrected) errors. I hereby >> promise to use my bug exclusively until I get 1/10th as good. >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
