Posted by
k6dgw on
Apr 30, 2020; 5:35pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Voltage-drop-in-DX-Power-to-K3-tp7660188p7660362.html
Why were code tests with groups almost always at a slower speed than
plain text?
I had to copy 5-character groups at 16 [I think], and plain text at 20
[I also think ... might have been 25, it was a very long time ago] for
the 2nd Telegraph. I've never sat a military circuit to copy groups,
all my experience with groups was practice, the test, and WX reports
which sort of approximate groups. However, I find groups to be easier
copy than plain text, especially on a mill of teletype tape perforator
keyboard. The transition to "Ear-to-Fingers" mode with nothing passing
through brain is almost instantaneous and permanent for the duration.
With plain language text, I'll sometimes rouse from that state, try to
make sense of what I'm copying and have to catch up.
Just curious, lots of folks here here have copied groups for a living
and might know the answer. Incidentally, Jettie Hill, W6RFF [SK], once
told me that in WW2, he had to learn to sight-read inked tape at 45 or
50 WPM. I think that would have caged my eyeballs. [:=)
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 4/30/2020 9:36 AM, Phil Kane wrote:
> On 4/29/2020 10:31 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
>
>> CW test had been downgraded to a multiple question exam about plain
>> language text message vs the five mixed character groups back in Detroit.
> The ham CW test was always plain language text. 5-character groups were
> only for the Radiotelegraph CW exams.
>
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
>
>
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