Absolutely there are differences in how peoples brains are wired.
My brother got his license 15 years ago.
He was a music major and is a band director, all of the rigs in his
shack have the side tone set to 440 Hz, A above middle C. It's been a
musical tuning standard for ages. Once he got the tone of the cw being
received and sent set to a standard he knows quite well his CW abilities
just exploded. He moved past me like white lightning in his copy
ability. He's doing 40 wpm without breaking a sweat, is net control for
the Iowa 80m CW net and mastered the Vibroplex bug inside of a month.
I'm coming up on my 25th year licensed.
I'm an IT guy, network engineer.
I've always been math/logic and mechanically inclined.
I can sub-net IPV4 networks in my head.
I struggled learning code. I bought both the ARRL and 73 magazine tapes.
My first try on a morse exam was a flaming failure. 5 wpm test set up in
a huge auditorium at the local hospital.
We all sat at the front listening to a boom box...and the echo off the
back wall 60' away. I locked up.
I did finally learn enough to pass the 13wpm test and later the 20 but
it took a lot of work.
I found the Koch method and the G4FON software 10 years ago. I can now
do 30 wpm comfortably, 40 in a contest.
The Vibroplex bug my wife bought me still taunts and insults me. I'm
much more comfortable with the single lever paddle I have and my Winkey USB.
On 12/7/2015 8:12 PM, Robert G Strickland wrote:
Don...
For sure, individual differences make for a big difference, both in
the rate of learning and the appropriateness of any one approach. I
think we all agree that "stretching your current copying speed" is the
only way to get faster. That's certainly my experience. I think my
curiosity comes down to how much "stretch" is the sweet spot
[individual difference aside]. Lots of stretch - few characters/words
copied, versus some stretch - most characters/words copied.
Speaking of individual factors... I was just practicing with Rufz and
noticed how long I "hang" on the first character which inevitably
leads to subsequent errors. So, I pushed myself to almost "ignore" the
first character and move right along. Overall error rate dropped
significantly. So, yes, lots going on. Nothing beats practicing, for
sure. Have a good day.
...robert
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R. Kevin Stover
AC0H
ARRL
FISTS #11993
SKCC #215
NAQCC #3441
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