John, I am good to 25 wpm like you. That is why I got a MFJ493.
When I need to go faster or cleaner I switch to the keyboard.
I enjoy the sound of good CW. I also have WriteLog and MixW
that send and decode good CW. When the CW is weak the
software does not decode as good as my ear.
Ten Tec has good QSK.
Best regards, Jim FitzSimons W7ANF
-----Original Message-----
From: John, ke5c <ke5c@vvm.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Number of motions for CW
>
>> > I believe you may be miscounting.
>> single paddle vs double paddle
>> a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
>> single 3 3 5 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 3
>> double 3 3 4 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3
> keyboard 1 1 1 1 1 1 etc.
>
>As I've tried very hard to push my conversational cw to the 25 wpm level,
>I've found myself sending more and more with my laptop running TR Log as a
>keyboard and less and less with my two paddle g4zpy absolutely wonderful
>squeeze key. If I am rested and concentrating, I don't make very many
>mistakes, but if I am tired, around 25 wpm I can't understand half of what
I
>am sending myself. Of course, I have worked 80 something year old ops
(K6DC
>comes to mind) who send impeccably with a keyer, but they've been doing
that
>since their teens, and this is hard stuff to improve in the sixth decade of
>life.
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