I prefer the std CW abbreviations. I have copied in my head for years
because I can't write at 20 wpm. Oddball abbreviations cause problems,
but I don't hear them much on the air. Spelling out words just gets
tedious.
73 es CUL,
Duane AC5AA
On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:31:09 -0500 "John Dvoracek" <jdvoracek@vvm.com>
writes:
>
>
> Do high speed ops prefer abbreviations and "cw words" or complete
> spelling?
> E.g., would high speed ops prefer to hear "rcvr hr is old kwd930 es
> shud gg
> soon es buy nw omni" or "receiver here is old kenwood 930 and should
> get
> going soon and buy new omni"? I seem to hear more words spelled out
> (and
> correctly) as I strain to understand 25 wpm and up, but what's the
> concensus? I feel I can copy faster when the entire word is spelled
> out, by
> the way.
> 73, de ke5c, op john
>
>
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