Monday evening, I installed a phone plug on the keyer in place of the header that was on there. This turned out to be more of a job than I’d anticipated. For some reason, I had a heck of a time unsoldering and removing the header. Once that was done, installing the phone plug wasn’t so hard. Took me about an hour and a half from start to finish.
I’m getting better with the keyer, too. I’ve been running it at 15 words per minute, and that’s starting to seem pretty slow. I can copy at least 17-18 wpm, but didn’t want to try to send too fast just yet. Next time, though, I think I’ll crank up the speed a little.
While I am making fewer keying mistakes, there are still times when i just lose it. By that I mean, my concentration flies out the window, and I get all out of sync. When that happens, I stop, take a breath, and then start over again. Fortunately, all of the operators I’ve worked so far have been very accomodating.
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