Maybe, "Get on as soon as possible" isn't the best advice?

N7KO · Nov 14, 2018

W0AEW said: ↑

W_en you b__ld up _nough speed to "he_d copy" without hav__g to write things do_n verbatim, you'll also be ____ to keep g__ing after missing a few lett_rs due to QRN bursts, QSB, the s_nder's own mist_kes, or just plain miss__g a character.

It's similar to having poor hearing and trying to listen to someone at a noisy party. You'll miss hunks but can usually follow what's going on with practice!
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Good point, I like how you made your point. Thank you 73

W5WTH · Nov 15, 2018

Dave:

I was great QSO last night (9:40 Central) on 7054. I heard your CQ and thought "I'm gonna answer this one" and then thought.... "hey, I think I recognize that call sign". Your sending was really gud. I was fighting some QRM, but the copy was solid.

73!

NG9F said: ↑

I really sympathize with you! I am on the air and making contacts but there are struggles along the way. Sometimes I can't copy well, sometimes (like tonight) I couldn't do the prosign SK, and I couldn't get 73 right!!!! LOL, talk about looking like a lid! But at the same time I am just working American hams for the most part and I have QRZ as a crutch. Oh, and I can look up their call on SKCC to see if I copied their SKCC number correctly. It helps build confidence. But you will be an amazing CW op, because you have exposure to a whole different angle on the game. It's only going to be frustrating for a little while. If you could befriend one of those DX ops who does have a QRZ page they could likely clue you in on some of the idiosyncrasies of the Japanese CW world.

Best of luck to you. What do the locals say there? "Fighting!!!!!"
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NG9F · Nov 15, 2018

W5WTH said: ↑

Dave:

I was great QSO last night (9:40 Central) on 7054. I heard your CQ and thought "I'm gonna answer this one" and then thought.... "hey, I think I recognize that call sign". Your sending was really gud. I was fighting some QRM, but the copy was solid.

73!
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Thanks Pat!!! I was vy happy to work you too!!! Also you're awesome for confirming on QRZ! I want the World Radio Friendship badge, but not "mixed"; I want it for CW. Your confirmation put me at 80% finished- only 5 to go now! You have a good fist. You were my 75th QSO with CW. Answer me again anytime!!!

Maybe, "Get on as soon as possible" isn't the best advice?

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