Sending High Speed Code

[Joe]

I read that Fred Ryan, W3NJZ, wrote an article for the Keynote, issue 3, 2004, entitled 'Sending High Speed Code'. Any chance Fred could post a copy for us?

Joe KH6/W3GW

[Chuck aa0hw]

HI Joe
I think that article is already on the site:

http://qrqcwnet.ning.com/forum/topics/1993813:Topic:446

it is about half way down the page...
let me know if that is not the one you were looking for

[Joe]

Thanks Chuck.That must be it.

I am patiently waiting for the sunspots to pick up. Kinda quiet out here on Maui!

I have been spending my time, during the sunspot low, working on my code speed. I have noticed one thing that, I believe, you and others have mentioned on the site. There seems to be a plateau between 50 and 60 wpm. I suspect this plateau is the result of our having to learn 'word sounds'. I was doing well with 40 wpm and decided to increase Rufz to 60 wpm in an attempt to avoid the 50 to 60 wpm plateau. Well, I didn't make much progress. I dropped the Rufz speed to 50 wpm and made progress daily. Trying to skip a plateau didn't work for me! There doesn't seem to be a substitute for patience, practice, and slow progress.

Joe KH6/W3GW

[Bob Carr]

Joe. When you load those common words into the RUFZ, You will notice that some words probably will never show up in a QRQ QSO. You can substitute words likely to be in QSOs for those odd words in the list. Words like, doctor, antenna, keyboard etc.

[Chuck aa0hw]

Bob, That is an excellent idea !
I wonder if we can find a ready made list of the top HAM RADIO words in the format for RUFz ...
we can add that list to the RUFz section of the site for download ...

[Chuck aa0hw]

Here is a short video on how to use the FREE PROGRAM AUTOHOTKEY
to remap certain keys on your keyboard for faster QRQcw typing:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=977&tag=nl.e099.dl0...