Daryl Stout wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    DS> Roy...   
      
    RW@>> The guy above said not to learn it letter by letter, but to learn   
    RW@>> it word by word. Each word has it's own sound, if the code is sent   
    RW@>> fast enough, He finally admitted to reading 30-40 words/min...   
      
    DS>   At a central Arkansas hamfest several years ago, they had a "CW   
    DS> Shootout At High Noon". Floyd Bumpus, N5EL, and Dennis Schafer, W5RZ,   
    DS> tied at 55 wpm!!   
      
   Too bad that Art Cherette (sp), K6XT wasn't there, he would have loved the   
   competition. Art's a CW-DX nut and a contester. I just received photos of   
   his new tower installation. I knew some of the guys who helped him do   
   the tower erection, as they were San Diego DX club members. Art has moved   
   from SD to the mountains of Colorado. Hmmmm, wonder if there's a K0XT,   
   probably.   
      
    DS>   A funny CW story was where a fellow ham was using Ham Radio Deluxe   
    DS> to do CW with his computer (he knew the code, but not fast enough to   
    DS> work some of the bands). He was working a ham on 40 meters, and the   
    DS> guy sent "15 wpm. Not bad...can you go faster??". The ham said "just   
    DS> a second"...moved his mouse, and tweaked the setting to 99 wpm, and   
    DS> resumed typing!!   
      
    DS>   The other ham noted "that was solid perfect copy"...to which came   
    DS> the reply "it takes a lot of practice" (hi hi).   
      
   Interesting. Did the program save his text in a buffer and then send it or   
   was he able to type that fast?   
      
      
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