Ed,

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.

Steve

----- 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


> 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
>