Hi Guys! Just a week till
OzarkCon! Wheeeeee.
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I was googling the web a
couple of days ago - that infinite web - and again ran
across a part of our hobby called QRQ:
yes it is the cousin of QRS but much faster, hi.
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Anyway, did some googling
and ran across (again) a reference to ZART, "Zen and Art
of Radio Telegraphy" by Carlo Consoli, IK0YGJ. It's a
long read but skimmed a bit and ran across a discussion
on the difference in sound at 50 to 60 WPM between
English and (for example) German. Fascinating! Since
German has lots of ICH, BER, and VER letter
combinations, a conversation in German�sounds different
that say an English one. Strange and interesting.
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Of course this is the claim
of the author, not me; I'm TOO SLOW.�
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I did download some sound
files from N5WDI's "QRQ CENTRAL" website and listened to
the most popular conversational words - he claims are
YOU, I, TO, THE, A, AND, THAT, IT, OF and ME. They
certainly have their own rythms!
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Guess I'll get out my old
German textbook and copy out say ten sentences....and
repeat them in Engish, and then compare the "general"
sound of each code file. A number of code practice
programs support text input with code output.
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If anyone else is
interested in digging further too, grab me at OzarkCon
and we can chat. Keep in mind that this is all new to
me.
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UNK PHIL, W0XI
