[TenTec] Copying CW in your head

[ac5aa@juno.com]

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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Duane A. Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
ac5aa@juno.com -or- ac5aa@earthlink.net
Day:  dacalvin@us.ibm.com

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