I thoroughly agree with Kev about "getting on the air."
I teach two and sometimes three Morse Code classes every Saturday
morning. The students all KNOW the code. They can accurately copy 10
WPM and above, and can send quite decently. But no matter how much I
encourage, cajole, or "coddle," they resist my pleas to get "on the air"
for all kinds of reasons, but primarily two -- either no one comes back
to them or all they can find are speed demons who won't slow down.
The worse thing the FCC ever did for amateur radio (in my opinion) was
the elimination of the non-renewable Novice license with the concomitant
doing away of the Novice sub-bands. Those were safe-harbors for
neophytes to find each other, work each other, and improve each other
without feeling intimidated. The non-renewable aspect served to
motivate those who were desirous of deeper involvement in
communications, and to give a graceful exit to those who weren't.
All the computer programs and well-structured academies in-the-world are
simply no substitute for good old-fashioned one-on-one Morse Code work
between two eager and nervous operators. That's how you learn best and
how you learn quickest. And an even greater dividend is that you learn
about propagation, procedures, tuning skills, how receivers work, signal
paths, solar effects, antenna fundamentals, and a host of other things
that can't be learned on a laptop, no matter how well the application is
executed or the content designed.
73,
Kent K9ZTV
On 6/12/2017 9:43 AM, Scott Manthe wrote:
How in the world is someone learning something in a way that most
suits them "coddling?" People learn things differently, even Morse.
Finding the way that best suits someone is not coddling them, it's
helping them to learn efficiently.
Scott N9AA
On 6/12/17 8:18 AM, Kevin - K4VD wrote:
I learned code by memorizing 5 wpm and then getting on the air and
having
as many contacts as I could. Nothing fancy, no coddling. Just do it.
73,
Kev
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