OPINION - Do We Need CW Certificate Cops?

OPINION - Do We Need CW Certificate Cops?

When I have lunch with my friends Paul, KW1L, and Rick, K8BMA, we inevitably start talking about CW at some point. Yesterday was no exception. After we had eaten our chicken chimichangas and shrimp burritos, somehow the new ARRL CW code proficiency certificates came up again.

Paul is still baffled as to how one can copy at 20 wpm “by hand,” much less at higher speeds. He says that he even went so far as to find a pen with the lowest friction so he could write faster. Alas, 20 wpm proved elusive with the low-friction writing implement, too.

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