[TenTec] Copying CW in your head

[Michael O. Hyder]

I think it doesn't matter whether you spell it out or abbreviate it.  A good CW op reads your meaning.  Misspelled words are another matter as they 'don't compute.'  So with misused abbreviations (like your saying gg for get going instead of just 'going.' At speeds of over 40 wpm you will probably find more words spelled out since the code is often generated on keyboards by touch-typists.

(Give me a bug fist to copy any day!)

73 de Mike N4NT@wireco.net

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> 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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