EV> TH> I'm slowly getting back into CW after (15?) year break.  What   
   EV> TH> is the consensus on using program to decode and encode CW?  I   
   EV> TH> know it is better to use a real interface to key the rig than   
   EV> TH> MCW (through signalink only).  But is it "bad" to rely on   
   EV> TH> programs until I can copy consistently at 15wpm?  I know what   
   EV> TH> the purist will say already but in practical terms what is the   
   EV> TH> best way to go forward and still have fun?   
      
   EV>I don't see anything wrong using a computer program for a CW QSO.   
      
   EV>Just remember not to send faster that the other operator can copy.   
      
   EV>I haven't been on the air for years, but when I'm driving on multilane   
   EV>highways I sound off (in my head) the letters on the license plates of   
   EV>autos that pass me.   
      
   EV>I found a link to listen to W1AW's Code Practice some months ago and   
   EV>learned that I couldn't copy as fast as I use to.   
   EV>73, Ed W0ODR   
      
   What is that they keep telling us Old Guys?????   
      
   "Use it or LOOSE IT"  :-)  :-)   
      
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