"KØHB" wrote in message
nk.net...

The 25WPM plateau seems related to sublimating copying to a "middle
conscious" level, where the characters flow at an almost sub-conscious
level from the ear to the fingertip without active thought about the
actual characters heard.

73, de Hans, K0HB

Sigh, I hope to get to this level eventually. I'm at the point where I'm
just starting to "hear" words like tnx, abt, the, fer, qsl, qsb, name, op,
rst, etc. rather than spelling them in my head.

--
Vy 73 de Bert
WA2SI
FISTS #9384/CC #1736
QRP ARCI #11782

Bert casually remarked at the "self-improvment session", "I'm at the point
where I'm
just starting to "hear" words..."

My gawd man, we are making progress.

The first step is always the hardest--admitting you have a problem.

For right now, we have some meds to stop the voices, while we work on that
little problem.

John

"Bert Craig" wrote in message
...
"KXHB" wrote in message
nk.net...

The 25WPM plateau seems related to sublimating copying to a "middle
conscious" level, where the characters flow at an almost sub-conscious level
from the ear to the fingertip without active thought about the actual
characters heard.

73, de Hans, K0HB

Sigh, I hope to get to this level eventually. I'm at the point where I'm just
starting to "hear" words like tnx, abt, the, fer, qsl, qsb, name, op, rst,
etc. rather than spelling them in my head.

--
Vy 73 de Bert
WA2SI
FISTS #9384/CC #1736
QRP ARCI #11782

"Bert Craig" wrote in message
...
"KØHB" wrote in message
nk.net...

The 25WPM plateau seems related to sublimating copying to a "middle
conscious" level, where the characters flow at an almost sub-conscious
level from the ear to the fingertip without active thought about the
actual characters heard.

73, de Hans, K0HB

Sigh, I hope to get to this level eventually. I'm at the point where I'm
just starting to "hear" words like tnx, abt, the, fer, qsl, qsb, name, op,
rst, etc. rather than spelling them in my head.

--
Vy 73 de Bert
WA2SI
FISTS #9384/CC #1736
QRP ARCI #11782


Excellent Bert....CW is like music when sent well. It ebbs and flows like a
river. A thing of beauty.

Think of it this way....no many folks can talk with their fingers.

Dan/W4NTI

Bert Craig wrote:
"K=D8HB" wrote in message
nk.net...

The 25WPM plateau seems related to sublimating copying to
a "middle
conscious" level, where the characters flow at an
almost sub-conscious
level from the ear to the fingertip without active
thought about the actual characters heard.

Sigh, I hope to get to this level eventually. I'm at the point where I'm
just starting to "hear" words like tnx, abt, the, fer, qsl,
qsb, name, op,
rst, etc. rather than spelling them in my head.

You're talking about two different skill sets.

Hans is talking about written copy - specifically,
copying on a mill (typewriter). Those who get
good at that skill set reach a point where they
really don't think about the incoming copy - it
just flows.

In some cases the op literally doesn't know the
content of the copy.

What you're experiencing is the beginnings of
conversational Morse Code. This is where you
understand the incoming Morse "directly", like
listening to someone talk.

Similar skill sets occur with sending.

--

Morse Code is much more than "an encoding scheme".

--

73 de Jim, N2EY

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Bert Craig wrote:
"K=D8HB" wrote in message
nk.net...

The 25WPM plateau seems related to sublimating copying to a "middle
conscious" level, where the characters flow at an almost sub-conscious
level from the ear to the fingertip without active thought about the
actual characters heard.

73, de Hans, K0HB

Sigh, I hope to get to this level eventually. I'm at the point where I'm
just starting to "hear" words like tnx, abt, the, fer, qsl, qsb, name, op,
rst, etc. rather than spelling them in my head.

Hans is talking about this sort of thing:

http://hometown.aol.com/wa3iyc/myhomepage/photo.html=20

73 de Jim, N2EY