Hello Martin and all, great thread, enjoying reading the responses. I found having been stuck at 20 WPM head copy for some time that if I increased the sending speed above what I considered my normal reliable receive speed I could actually read longer words much easier and with less stress than before. What a pleasant surprise! I could actually copy code much faster than I thought. I think you will start hearing the longer more difficult words in larger chunks and eventually hearing and decoding long whole words and wondering how did I do that", very cool. So don't impose an artificial lower limit on yourself but regularly listen to short code sessions at higher speed than you consider normal for yourself
I now do this at speeds up to 40WPM for practice, you may find a sweet spot speed that suits you and it begins to click. Above 20WPM code actually sounds better to me and I find I can headcopy conversational CW easier. Good luck, Deni F5VJC GM3SKN _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must subscribe to post. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc): http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft page: http://www.elecraft.com
