[WriteLog] "Practice Mode" Suggestion?

[BobD]

Dick ... we still use PED519... run in Real DOS ...
not a DOS Window ...if you have a sound card and
run it at Difficulty Level 3 out of 9 ... in the Competition mode ..
Set at 30 WPM ... you will have several DX stations
calling you at the same time ... QRM & QSB ..
some sigs chirpy ... some watery ... some off frequency ... some
of the calls will trail off to S1 as they send their call ..
Some times they will only send their suffix ... then when
you reply " RFZ  5NN" they will send their full call ..
if you get their call wrong they will correct you ...
You can set it to run from 5 minutes to an hour ...
Best of all you a get a CQWW UBN report at the end ..
Just like being in CQWWCW ...   the MASTER.DTA file can
be updated by downloading the latest from the CT web site..
Even after all these years  PED is still a great CW contest
trainer ...

GBA   Whitey K1VV



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 4:53 PM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] "Practice Mode" Suggestion?


> High-speed CW practice can really boost scores. I think this would be an
> excellent addition to WL, but certainly lower in priority than bug fixes
and
> some of the good usability features that have been suggested. I'd use one
of
> the existing practice programs, but none of them works under Windows 2000
> and my notebook computer doesn't even have a floppy for booting (ugh) DOS!
> Besides, I'm sure Wayne could do a *much* better implementation than what
> I've seen out there.
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
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