The hard part quite often is getting people INTERESTED in sending CW with
proficiency. They may take the time to practice copying, but they rarely
spend much time practicing their sending.
Frequently when I have taught the code to someone, I find a good technique is
to record a person's sending and then make them copy it! If you use code
groups (so that they can't memorize what they send), the point starts to
"sink in" that sending proficiency is pretty important too.
I personally thing one of the worst decisions the FCC ever made was when they
did away with the sending part of the code test. It was another Govt.
decision to try and cut down on personnel demands. Perhaps I was imagining
it, but I swear there was a noticable decay in the quality of CW on the ham
bands. BRING BACK THE SENDING PROFICIENCY TESTS!!!
72 de David W7AQK
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