"John Smith" wrote in message
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I am betting just the opposite, and I bet the code reader can copy at a
speed long after the human reader is all done...


Speed is a different issue than sloppy sending.

one advantage, in microseconds the code reader can guess at the likelihood
of what character the dot/dash sequence is in logical relation to forward
and reverse characters (whenever there is a slight doubt)... the human
reader would just be sitting there losing characters...

No the human brain does the same type of "fill" once they get past the point
of having to copy every single letter manually. Even if they do have to
copy manually as I do, it's easy to fill in the missing letters most of the
time. Of course you have to train yourself not to dwell on what was missed,
a common beginner problem.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE