Good operators hear the rhythm as complete words.
Usually musicians make the best code operators.
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Also doesn’t hurt to be a little ‘whacko’....
I used to get into a ‘trance’ copying long grouped messages but was able to carry on a conversation while doing so.
I also did some encryption/decryption so I did have to be accurate when copying....
3 dits 4 dits 2 dits daaah
Radio Radio RAH RAH RAH
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs back
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I copied Morse for 20 years and it didn’t affect me a bit
Did it. Did it. Did it.
I just had a block against above 20 wpm. I could copy in my head faster, but could not remember what I copied, so I had to write it down and 20 wpm was as fast as I could write. Of course I could send faster since I knew where I was going.
The way I built my speed for the extra class test was lots of on the air qso’s. Lots more fun than listening to code tapes.
Typing was out because I was never able to type and copy at the same time.