CW Decoding - Your Brain is best

[eric manning-2]

"CW is just another digital mode"

Yes, and Rembrandt is just another painter,
Dizzy was just another trumpet player
a Porsche  is just another  car
a K3 is just another radio

   . . . . .


Eric VA7DZ

"All Men  are not Created Equal ... Some of US Know CW"



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[Deni F5VJC]

Amen !

At last some sense here. Anyone who believes you can successfully operate
 CW using a decoder is living in cuckoo land !
For a CW contest... forget it !
Decoders are very poor at coping with typical HF conditions, QRM, QRN, QSB,
ESP signals, poor sending, spacing, bad spelling, all will produce
frustrating gibberish from a decoder. ( Yes they are improving but will
never be good enough).
Any real CW Op knows this.
However, the Brain of a real CW Op can cope with this all of in a
remarkable way and is much more satisfying.

You either want to be a CW Op or not.

If not,  stick with the automated digital modes.

73, F5VJC

On 9 November 2012 06:17, eric manning <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> "CW is just another digital mode"
>
> Yes, and Rembrandt is just another painter,
> Dizzy was just another trumpet player
> a Porsche  is just another  car
> a K3 is just another radio
>
>    . . . . .
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>
> Eric VA7DZ
>
> "All Men  are not Created Equal ... Some of US Know CW"
>
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[Ralph Parker]

>After you set things up, very little real CW skill is necessary
>to be a CW contest player. Indeed, many probably do just that.

Ha ha ha, you make funny joke!

(I have deleted my following remarks in the interest of maintaining
civility on the reflector.)

Ralph, VE7XF

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[N0AZZ]

Yes. Most of those you quoted can be done with a computer, not exactly the
same but very closely copied. The Porsche now it's completely computer
designed and some controlled glad you brought that up.

As for out wonderful K3,FTDX-5000 and other such radios would be lost
without many small computers that make them perform well. It has been hashed
out so many times in the past but even CW was deemed not that useful for our
license several years back after the military, ships and most others dropped
use. I compare it to Deer hunting most all use regular firearms to kill
their Deer. But there are several small groups that still Bow and Black
Powder hunt the way it was done 150 yrs ago same for CW ops.

It's just a hobby and a place for all of us to enjoy ourselves and make
contacts. It doesn't make any difference how you do them, just make the
contact and log it.

Fred/N0AZZ

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"CW is just another digital mode"

Yes, and Rembrandt is just another painter, Dizzy was just another trumpet
player a Porsche  is just another  car a K3 is just another radio

   . . . . .


Eric VA7DZ

"All Men  are not Created Equal ... Some of US Know CW"



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