Yes.  I met him once when I was a young boy and talked with him briefly a 
couple of times several years later.

He grew up in a town not too far from where I lived, and my dad met him 
through a ham friend who lived in the same town.

As you say, his method seems quite effective for many people, and I found it 
helpful.  He emphasized recognizing sound patterns--hearing the character as 
a whole and not taking it apart dit-by-dit and dah-by-dah.  Then recognizing 
word patterns--the rhythm of the word
"time" for instance.

Anyway, I would kind of like to have a set of those records just for 
nostalgia's sake.

73.

Mike, K9AZS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 8:59 AM
Subject: farnsworth and CW


> So Farnsworth was blind?
> That's an interesting bit of history...i didn't know that.
> Its a very popular method these days and worked very well for me.
> I find that i cannot send code accurately at the slow character rate 
> because
> its just...too slow and agonizing, but controlling the spacing between
> characters is much
> easier....I will send five words a minute, but at about a 13 word per 
> minute
> character speed.
> Its easier to copy code that way too since you get used to the way
> characters sound instead of with the slow dits and dahs and trying to put
> them all together.
> This only becomes a problem of course when the contesters begin to send 
> code
> at a 55 WPM character speed and 20 WPM spacing lol
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>
>