Oh maybe. I might give it a try.
Thanks.
S
On Jun 12, 2010, at 5:14 PM, Steve Dresser wrote:
> Sarah,
>
> You could always treat learning the code as an opportunity to improve your
> spelling.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah Alawami" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 16:12
> Subject: Re: More about C W
>
>
>> I don't know the code but have always wanted to learn it in case i ever =
>> needed it. Now granted my spelling is gosh awful so there would go my =
>> grade if I did decide to plunge in to this head first.
>>
>> S
>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 7:55 AM, Butch Bussen wrote:
>>
>>> I agree. I've never enjoyed the code. Some love it, it just has =
>> always=20
>>> been way to hard for me to pick up on. I was sure Glad when I passed=20=
>>
>>> my test. I enjoy the technical side of the hobby. To each his own.
>>> 73
>>> Butch Bussen
>>> wa0vjr
>>> open Node 3148
>>> Las Vegas
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> On=20
>>> Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Steve Dresser wrote:
>>> =20
>>>> Ed,
>>>> =20
>>>> Maybe that works for some people, but my last CW QSO happened some =
>> time in
>>>> the early 70s. I'm not putting down the mode for those who enjoy it, =
>> and I
>>>> definitely respect the skill and challenge it presents; I'm just =
>> saying it's
>>>> not my thing. Maybe part of that comes from having used it 8 hours a =
>> day
>>>> for the better part of a year as the output for my computer terminal. =
>> That
>>>> definitely built up my speed and proficiency, but once I got a =
>> braille
>>>> terminal, I just never looked back.
>>>> =20
>>>> Steve
>>>> =20
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 22:06
>>>> Subject: More about C W
>>>> =20
>>>> =20
>>>>> Gerry and Steve, when I got my ticket way back just before dirt was
>>>>> invented
>>>>> to get the ticket of coarse I had to pass the code. I said to =
>> myself when
>>>>> I
>>>>> get that general ticket I was throwing my key in the garbage. I got =
>> on
>>>>> phone for about six months and then got so bored with that I dug the =
>> key
>>>>> out
>>>>> of file 13 and went back to c w and for the most part I have stayed =
>> and if
>>>>> I
>>>>> had to give up either mode it would be phone in a heartbeat. The =
>> more
>>>>> proficient you get the more you enjoy it like most things I think. =
>> 73 Ed
>>>>> K7UC
>>>>> =20
>>>> =20
>>>> =20
>>
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