8 Mar
2000
8 Mar
'00
10:51 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wilson" <wilson(a)dbit.dbit.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 4:48 AM
Subject: Re: VCF Europa Update
Kind of like Morse code -- you can get up to around
5-7 WPM by just
using
a lookup table in your head and concentrating really
hard, but by the
time you get to 20 WPM you'd better "just know" which letter is which.
Well unless you're a genius or something...
An Ex Naval instructor in Morse once told me that it was much better to
learn morse *as a language* than as a coded form of english.
Interestingly, although he was a full call ham, he was a vigourous
opponent of morse being compulsory at speeds > 5wpm, as he said, based
on his experience, that some people simply
CANNOT learn it much beyond that level, no matter how hard they try. I
can believe that, I tried for YEARS to get up to 10wpm for my Full
license, but can't seem to quite get there.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie,
South Australia
geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au
ICQ: 1970476