Doug, I'm glad someone else confirms the weird mental state (I like your description as Zombie Copy) and yes I am trying to keep this related to Elecraft so now back to the KXB3080 module build.
Bob WA4MQW --- DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all: > > Well, before this thread is terminated by the moderator....I really > know what the "military" folks are talking about, even though I never > partook. > > One year, I decided that it would be cool to copy using a typewriter, > so I "started over" learning the code in sync with typing. And it I > really did have to relearn "what to do" as I copied each sound. What > ended up happening is just what has been described. > > The sound (not words, not dits, not dahs) would enter my ear, be > processed by brain without any comprehension at all, and my fingers > would magically hit the correct keys (on the typewriter). When I was > done with solid copy, I would have read what I had typed because I > had > no idea. It was like "I" was passive...I was just the shell for my > brain-to-finger connection. I called it ZOMBIE COPY. Very Weird. > > After a year, I decided to stop that nonsense and go back to > copying...in my head, which meant relearning again. Now I hear words > again (well, for the last couple decades)...that's a lot better for > hamming. > > de Doug KR2Q __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
