[HFbeacons] BEACONS: Code Copying
- From: "W. Keith Hibbert" <wkhibbert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 10mprop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:06:25 +0000
Hi, Keith here in Amherst, NY
Back in 1963 I learned the code for a Boy Scout badge. We wrote the
dots & dashes on paper and used a lookup table in the Boy Scout Manual.
Hey, it worked!
But it was S-L-O-W...
Our scoutmaster knew a local ham who came in and taught us to copy by
ear, and from that copy dots and dashes sent by flasher light. Now,
this is my own opinion, but nobody should EVER learn code by the dots &
dashes method. Unlearning the bad habits I picked up probably kept me
from getting my 13 WPM for the General for years. I passed 5 WPM for
the Novice and Tech in 1965 and it wasn't until 1972 that I passed the
General.
I have tried to 'read' the calls on the Argo and Spectran displays, I
can figure it out, but I almost have to whistle them off the screen to
do it! My hat's off to those who can copy them that way. I have yet to
find a CW reader that will handle the speed changes, QRM and pauses in a
beacon ID, the CW program in FLDigi won't nor would my Kantronics KAM
multi-mode TNC. ANy suggestions out there?
For now I will keep on copying by ear, I can even copy the beacons on
the HTX-100 when driving, most of the time anyway!
73, Keith, WB2VUO
Amherst, NY: Grid FN02ox
On 12/19/2011 04:49, ron wrote:
If your asking me . I'm up around 23 to 25 wpm. I'm presently using the
beacon menue in my touch keyer .If you get on QRZ.Com look on my sight
with my call and you will see a pic of it.
Take Care
>
Ron
K4JEE
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