Without going into too much detail (or extending this OT thread too
much!), the way to get over the sub-12 wpm "hump" is to learn to copy
short words and combinations of letters ("ing" "the" "out" etc.) as a
unit, and not one character at a time.
One way to practice this is to use the well-known RUFZxp program
<http://www.rufzxp.net/>
and to tell it to use a list of such short words and pieces of words in
place of callsigns. Such lists are available (google "rufzxp word list")
already prepared. Then you set it to go a little faster than you can
comfortably copy, and listen. When you recognize a word or piece of one,
you can type it in. But wait until you've recognized the whole thing
before starting to type.
73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
(A CWops CWA instructor)
On 12 Jun 2017 12:59, Rick M0LEP wrote:
I only allowed myself to buy my KX3 after I'd completed a number of CW
QSOs. I stumbled through most of them, but I confidently expected the
KX3 would provide me with an incentive to improve my Morse, and I'd get
better at it quite quickly. It didn't quite work out that way, though.
I've had my KX3 since February 2013, and I'm still mostly stumbling
along at sub-12wpm.
I don't think there is any such thing as "The Perfect Method". I was
sold on "Koch" (with a side order of "Farnsworth"), which some folk
swear is the One True Way to learn Morse, but the Koch incremental
approach turned out to be a complete waste of time for me.
I suspect good teaching in a face-to-face class would probably have
worked a lot better, but that sort of thing is pretty much impossible to
find these days. The CWOps courses seem to get quite a bit of praise,
and while they're not quite face-to-face (as they rely on something like
Skype) they are at least led by real people rather than machines. Their
main drawback is that they seem to have a waiting list well over a year
long.
At the end of the day, I expect improving your Morse mostly comes down
to practice, practice, practice. Having that practice guided by an
experienced teacher would probably help a lot. If you can, find some
local experienced Morse mentors, listen to their advice, and then
practice, practice, practice...
....and try to get out and operate at whatever speed you can manage.
On Sun 11 Jun Jim Sr Sturges wrote:
I think I learned code all wrong. Can't ever seem to get my speed up.
Surely some of the astute among you _know_ The Perfect Method, and I hope
you will share?
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