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VK6BE > CW 16.07.05 07:41l 46 Lines 2480 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: high speed cw on straight key
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From: VK6BE@VK6JY.#ALY.#WA.AUS.OC
To : CW@WW
I would challenge that man's claim on the grounds that I do not think that
anyone would have finger muscles that would move at sufficient speed to
achieve much more than 30 - 35 wpm, certainly not 50. Some might be able
to go at short bursts at higher than 30 or so speeds simply by locking
their wrist and fingers and setting up a nerve driven vibration. However
this ultimately will destroy their capability to send at even reasonable
speeds; it was called "nerve" sending and became a problem with many
professional telegraphists before the advent of semi automatic
keys."Nerve" senders also often became inconsistent and hard to read. The
most important factor for anyone reading high speed morse is that the
sender at the other end is PERFECT in his letter formations and his
spacing. Any inconsistency would throw the receiver off long enough to
miss several letters.
Another factor is that at a speed of 50 wpm handwriting could not be
achieved and unless a touch typist the receiver would be unable to record
what was sent. In the Army during the 1940s we whiled away hours at night
time on the Fullerphone talking in morse in plain language to the girls on
the mainland at speeds around 25 wpm but we didn't write anything. Just as
in conversation we kept it in our heads. That makes high speed much easier
to achieve of course.
I have been operating on morse code since 1941 when the Army locked us in
a tin hut for 4 hours a day and sent morse at us. After four or five weeks
we passed our test at 16 w.p.m.send and receive, all of us, some of us
better than others of course. For the next few years as wireless
telegraphists we operated on nothing but morse every day.. That is one way
of building up speed, but I can think of more enjoyable ways of doing it.
Bob VK6BE.
PS: Let's get this timing thing accurate before we go any further. I am
talking about adding up the number of letters sent in one minute and
dividing by 5, so one two three and four letter words all from part of
another word. If someone simply counts words of any size down to one and
two letters choosing their piece to be sent carefully of course they can
achieve 50 wpm. Bob.
>
> Thanks to all who have submitted their thoughts and stories about high
> speed cw, I know a local ham who at one time could send and copy 50 wpm, he
has lost a bit of this
speed due to lack of people to talk to who can send at that speed and
plus arthritus..
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