VCF Europa Update

From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Mar 8 20:54:17 2000

>An Ex Naval instructor in Morse once told me that it was much better to
>learn morse *as a language* than as a coded form of english.
>Interestingly, although he was a full call ham, he was a vigourous
>opponent of morse being compulsory at speeds > 5wpm, as he said, based on
>his experience, that some people simply CANNOT learn it much beyond that
>level, no matter how hard they try. I can believe that, I tried for YEARS
>to get up to 10wpm for my Full license, but can't seem to quite get
>there.

years ago, I wanted to go for my ham license, and worked diligently
on the code... I got real good at sending... as much as about 25wpm
at the time... it just came naturally, I could almost see the letters
as I was keying them. *BUT* when it came to receiving, I couldn't
even make 5wpm... I just never got that 'lookup table' working in
reverse, so have never been able to go for a license...

Maybe with the changes they've made recently, I'll be able to get my
foot in the door...

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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Received on Wed Mar 08 2000 - 20:54:17 GMT

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