[TenTec] Real CW

[Jim Davis]

Paul, 

I'd just love to see and hear one of these purported
gentlemen who can copy Intl. Morse @ any speed above
45wpm, as frankly I think they're using a "COMPUTER"
and not the ol' human-hard-drive (BRAIN).  I've
listened to few guys who CLAIMED that in the
upper-reaches of speed perfect copy was obtainable,and
I can tell you for a fact the we HUMANS are not
perfect and at those speeds SOME mistakes should be
made BUT ARE'NT!!!  You can fill in the rest of the
blanks!!!

Jim/nn6ee

PS, At least I can say 35wpm is my plateau and 40wpm
intermittent at best!!!
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--- Tommy <aldermant at alltel.net> wrote:
> Not sure who your addressing, but I'll say a few
> more words on this subject,
> as some of the other folks don't like to talk about
> Ten Tec's greatest
> attribute.
> 
> Paul, I just have one question. When you are on the
> telephone having a
> conversation, do you write down every word that is
> said to you? I'm pretty
> sure your answer would be 'No'?  One of the great
> things about almost every
> Ten Tec rig I've ever owned is it's great full QSK
> capability. From my
> standpoint, if I'm operating CW, I'm always using
> the full QSK mode. In
> essence, that is no different from talking on a
> telephone, the difference
> being that you are conversing in another language,
> i.e., morse code.
> 
> If you are interested in getting your copy speed up
> above about 25 wpm,
> almost everyone will tell you to put down your
> pencil and copy in your head,
> that's pretty standard. When I QSO at 70 wpm, I do
> it just the same way as
> if I was talking to the guy on the telephone, it's
> back and forth banter,
> hardly ever doing anything except maybe jot down
> notes.
> 
> On your comment 'So we might all have our
> limitations'. I think it's pretty
> much theorized that when a person is born, the mind,
> at that time is pretty
> much a blank slate...the road blocks we put in the
> path of our brain are by
> our own doing. Learning to copy code faster is not
> rocket science, getting
> around the (negative thinking "I can't") road blocks
> you put in your path is
> the difficult part.
> 
> Tommy
> 
> W4BQF
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of K7NHB
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:23 PM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Real CW
> 
> But when you say, "copying" at 40, 50 or 60 wpm how
> is that
> transcribed? One problem I'm guessing most have - I
> know I do - is
> how the get the message down on paper at that speed.
> I can barely
> write the letters fast enough above 20 wpm. If I
> could type faster,
> and wore headphones, I could break that ceiling.
> That is, retrain my
> reflexes to type the letter rather than write the
> letter. But what if
> I'm on an island or mountain top with no
> typewriter....?
> 
> When I hear about recognizing words, that means
> developing a "CW
> Word" vocabulary. I'm sure that is fine for the
> basic wham/Bam "ur
> RST..., my name..., QTH...Tnx for FB QSO..73..." But
> to have a
> ragchew about proposed Social Security schemes might
> introduce words
> never encountered in CW before. Then what...?
> 
> So when you say you are "copying" at 40 wpm or
> above, are you saying
> you can produce a transcript of exactly what was
> said - or is more a
> less a "guess" within the realm or the abbreviated
> QSO above?
> 
> In my experience with computers, I find - despite
> the "you too can
> become a programmer" sales pitch - that it takes a
> certain kind of
> mind to write computer code. Some get it, some
> don't. But those that
> don't are still very nice people.
> 
> It's hard for me to imagine that someone couldn't
> "get" 5 wpm code
> speed - but If I was asked to draw even a very basic
> artistic
> graphic, I'd be challenged. So we might all have our
> limits.
> 
> It's an interesting area - so many other modes
> besides CW these days
> and the desire to require a basic floor of
> communication
> proficiency....What if the DMV required everyone to
> pass their
> driver's test using a standard shift vehicle....etc.
> 
> On to other things - have to put together a sales
> graphic for a
> friend - fortunately I don't have to draw it. :-)
> 
> 73,
> Paul, K7NHB
> 
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