“When I copied High Speed Morse, I was able to carry on a conversation, listen to music OR tune out everything else around me.”
I could never do that. I got comfortable enough where I could lag a group or two behind, but that was about it. I knew guys who could keep track of two “conversations” at once, but I never got that good.
Got to where I would be a line & a half or two behind - in groups of 5 letters or numbers...
about 20 groups to a line - 100 characters...
Funny thing though, I was a ‘master’ on the bug but my hand sending on standard key was choppy and sounded forced -
That was MY critique of myself, can imagine how I sounded towards others..
Speed Key came sort of natural and copying was a snap
Of course when one is sending it sounds GREAT because the person sending knows what he is saying.... <: <: