I do get tired of the extra lite threads, but this I have to agree with....
73 Jeff kb2m
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott / W4PJ" <w4pj@bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Real CW
Five words a minute.
Five characters times five in five minutes.
The day I went in for my Extra, I carried paper and pencil, and when they
ran the code for the 5wpm, I decided to jot down every dot and dash. I
filled the paper with marks for twentyfive 'words' on the paper,
containing
dots and dashes. I didn't try to copy what was sent, just put the dots
and
dashes on the paper at five wpm. Guess what? No Problem!
Since the current test has no time limit, anybody who says they can't take
the 5wpm test just doesn't even have the ability,, er, I mean desire to
jot
dots and dashes down on a piece of paper and then translate the text at
their own liesure. That person just doesn't want it. At all. C'mon, the
difficulty level of jotting the dots and dashes down on paper only takes
hand motion, not mental ability at all. You don't even have to be able to
"copy" code at 5wpm.
You gotta be too much more than just lazy to not get 5wpm at today's
standards.
PEACE
Scott / W4PJ
P.S. It's too bad no OT piped up and said, "If you want some help, I'll
work
with you."
----- Original Message -----
From: <K4IA@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Real CW
Our local club usually runs a General class but the last time we did it,
everyone passed the theory and in a full year, no one passed the code.
This year when someone asked when we would be running the General class,
one
esteemed Elmer piped up, "When you pass the code, we will hold a General
Class to cover the theory." The silence was deafening.
Radio k4ia
"Buck"
Fredericksburg, VA USA
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