[UK-CONTEST] Unwelcome new rules for the 160m Tests

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I'm not upset, but I've been trying to learn CW for the past 4 years and at 57 find it hard going, my dyslexia doesn't help either - I mix up .--. and -..- and things like that.
I'm also extremely busy and admit I should put more time into trying to learn, but I'm NOT lazy, just don't have a lot of spare time.

So I envy you your skill and the time in which to practice it, I would guess, like my mentor, you started as an SWL and so you had learnt it well before passing the RAE?

I certainly think I'd like it, once I can get up to reading about 10 wpm - I can send faster, like everyone else can, but even then the dyslexia gets in the way sometimes and it's no good sending faster than I can read.

73 de M0XDF / FISTS #12575

On 28 Dec 2010, at 18:29, Roger Cooke wrote:

>  I do feel, however, that it is just laziness that 
> prevents people attaining a CW skill, although
> I do appreciate there are those that genuinely don't like it.  Good job they 
> didn't try for a licence in 1956!