[TenTec] Mobile CW

[john.brewer at us.schneider-electric.com]

It's certainly quite possible to work CW mobile without a safety risk.... if you would have
asked me this before I tried it, I'd have disagreed too, but after a number of months of just
copying QSOs in my head, it's become second nature, and far far less demanding than talking on
a cell phone, for example.  The great by product is that I've  became very good at copying CW
in my head....and though I'm only at the 25-28 WPM or so range, it's allowed me to break
through a barrier that was in place because I was in the habit of "stick" copying everything.
Now I can't stick copy (I think this is akin to touch typing. . . at some point, looking at the
keys becomes a burden, not an aid!)

CW mobile works far better (with the normally inefficient antennas) than mobile SSB, and has
really become a joy. I use a 706MkII....paddles are a set of homebrew contacts about 3" long
that are clipped to a bracket extending from the console / armrest in my Jeep. My hand drapes
normally onto the homebrew paddles, I copy in my head, I use a post it note on my steering
wheel to jot down a call and I feel far less distracted in doing so than yakking on a
cellphone.

Living is a risk...we all pick our operating point.

John K5MO