[TenTec] Real CW

[Tommy]

Jim,

Since you copied one of my post, I'll respond to you.

This is your hobby and it is also my hobby. What I do in this hobby is for
the enjoyment of it. Quite frankly, I really don't care if you or anyone
else don't believe it. If I have to PROVE it, then it becomes 'work' and no
longer fun. If it becomes work, I will stop doing it.

But Jim, if you have any interest other than being negative about it, join
K5TO, K5LGJ, KB9XE, W9FCX, and quite a few others on 7.024 just about any
morning around 7:30 am EST. And don't bother to sit on your key to jam our
readers. Our 'reader's' are sitting (mostly, some a little lob-sided) on our
head, and they have the best QRM filters you can get. We do not use code
readers simply because we can head copy significantly faster that any code
reader can copy in normal band noise.

Who said anything about 'perfect' copy? We have conversation using code, we
do not grade each other....we just have FUN!

Instead of being a 'nay-sayer' why not try it Jim. Can't tell, maybe you
would also find it to be a fun part of our hobby?

Tommy

W4BQF

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Davis
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:37 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Real CW

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
>
ntec