Subject: FCC Morse testing at 16 and 20 WPM
From: "Henry Code Pro"
Date: 7/15/2004 7:39 AM Central Standard Time
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"Hans K0HB" wrote in message
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1) The operator will not (consciously or unconsciously) attempt to
anticipate the word being sent, thus will not get 'flummoxed' when the
expected word is incorrect (for example hearing 't h e s' he might
expect the word to be "these" and transcribe it that way, only to have
it turn out to be "thespian", causing him to drop out of his "zone" to
fix the error, perhaps missing the following word.

2) If the operator is not trying to 'understand' the message being
copied, the mechanics of copying become more 'automatic' with (as one
old telegrapher described to me) a mode in which "the message follows
a short circuit between the eardrum and the fingertips without passing
through the brain". From this mode come the (true) tales of operators
who could seemingly "multi-task" copying Morse at a subcounscious
level, and carry on other activitives like carry on a conversation,
retune the receiver, or read a book at the same time.

73, de Hans, K0HB

BULL****!

A nickle says Lennie the Lame found yet another anonymous server to hide
behind.

If not, it's someone he's slept with.

Steve, K4YZ