In a message of , John Mudd (1:106/1010) writes:
 JM>I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE. woops, left the caps lock on. i don't know 
 JM>why they put it next to the shift key!
 JM>i think what i was hearingwas a shipping beacon. apparently they send 
 JM>out a cq (or v v v ) and a series of frequencies they are listing to.
 JM>that answer thanks to another post who i most regrettably deleted the 
 JM>letter before recording the name.
 JM>i am not yet a cw nut. i do have my 5wpm (a tech plus here) and am 
 JM>working very hard for my higher speed. i am trying to go straigh for my 
 JM>20 because i am afraid if i get my 13 i will stop there.
 JM>the code those beacons were sending was way too fast for me.
 JM>73 de kc5gmm
 JM>john
Many people say that it may be easier to copy the faster code in the long 
run. It seems to let the complete word patterns become recognizable like 
"the", "and", etc.
There's also the technique to send each individual character at 20 wpm but 
pause between characters for the 5, 13 and 20 wpm signal.
Fred.
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