Well, in my case it took a few years - and then around 35 wpm or so the receiving speed passed the sending speed.
73 Hank K8DD Doug Person wrote: > Not sure I agree. I can send 25 WPM with a decent straight key and > 30-35 with a good iambic paddle. However, I can only comfortably copy > 15 WPM. I have a lot of trouble with stations that just need to send at > 20 WPM. I just can't quite manage that speed. > > Doug -- K0DXV > > k8dd. wrote: >> dw wrote: >> >>> What's the general consensus? >>> Is it logical to assume that a person's CW sending speed approximates >>> their copy speed? >>> >> >> Not necessarily. I believe most people can receive CW faster than they >> can send CW manually - keyer, bug or straight key. Although when they >> first start the opposite is probably true. >> >> 73 Hank K8DD >> ______________________________________________________________ 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
