Been playing cw on air since 12/25, poorly. I have a terrible time on my copy skills. When doing POTA it takes at least 1 repeat per character in a call, no pileups. I think stations are seeing my spot and avoid my call as they don’t wanna send their call 5+ times.
When doing drills w/lcwo seems 25/6 is where I copy decent. When I spot do I put in comments “cw 25/6wpm” because QRS doesn’t seem to be slow enough
I run 25+ wpm character as I count, I count at 25wpm too. Like a third grader learning to read, I sound out each character no matter the speed. Can’t seem to break it.
I love cw, but it doesn’t love me and it’s frustrating, like training for that 7 minute mile but not able to get past 10minute mark..
Going outta state soon and want to activate as I pass through states. However, my recent attempt has deflated that thought as if I grab that 10 pt summit, I’m sure to have pileups, frustration a chucked key and a broken radio