[TenTec] Real CW

[kb2m]

I do get tired of the extra lite threads,  but this I have to agree with....

73 Jeff kb2m

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott / W4PJ" <w4pj at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Real CW


> Five words a minute.
>
> Five characters times five in five minutes.
>
> The day I went in for my Extra, I carried paper and pencil, and when they
> ran the code for the 5wpm, I decided to jot down every dot and dash.  I
> filled the paper with marks for  twentyfive 'words' on the paper, 
> containing
> dots and dashes.  I didn't try to copy what was sent, just put the dots 
> and
> dashes on the paper at five wpm.  Guess what?  No Problem!
>
> Since the current test has no time limit, anybody who says they can't take
> the 5wpm test just doesn't even have the ability,, er, I mean desire to 
> jot
> dots and dashes down on a piece of paper and then translate the text at
> their own liesure.  That person just doesn't want it. At all.  C'mon, the
> difficulty level of jotting the dots and dashes down on paper only takes
> hand motion, not mental ability at all.  You don't even have to be able to
> "copy" code at 5wpm.
>
> You gotta be too much more than just lazy to not get 5wpm at today's
> standards.
>
>
> PEACE
> Scott / W4PJ
>
> P.S. It's too bad no OT piped up and said, "If you want some help, I'll 
> work
> with you."
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <K4IA at aol.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Real CW
>
>
>> Our local club usually runs a General class but the last time we did it,
>> everyone passed the theory and in a full year, no one passed the code.
>>
>> This year when someone asked when we would be running the General class,
> one
>> esteemed Elmer piped up, "When you pass the code, we will hold a General
>> Class to cover the theory."  The silence was deafening.
>>
>> Radio  k4ia
>> "Buck"
>> Fredericksburg, VA USA
>>