[TenTec] Finally got a Omni VI+ now I need a CW Elmer

[Bill Tippett]

W4FOA wrote:
 >Not to debate the issue, but I have heard folks make the statement they can
send faster than they can receive.

         I agree with you Tony...especially at higher speeds using a keyer.
I can definitely copy much faster in my head than my hand coordination
allows me to send with a keyer.  I can receive about 60 WPM but my
sending gets really sloppy over 40 WPM.  I believe most of the QRQ guys
(50-60 WPM) are using keyboards to send and not keyers for the same
reason.  Of course they receive those same speeds in their heads with
no help needed from a computer.

         Regarding Ronnie's question, practice is really the answer, and
try to copy in your head rather than writing each letter down.  After
awhile, you will just begin "hearing" common words like "the", "CQ"
or "RST" without even hearing the individual letters.  Once you get
past the need to write each letter down, CW becomes much easier.

                                                 73,  Bill  W4ZV

P.S.  I completely agree with you about iambic keying.