I learnt CW the old way around 1962: starting at slow speed, but I believe that is not the best way. Recently a local club I belong to (most of the guys are fm/repeater types, but a few are interested in reviving/building their CW skills) asked me to think about a possible CW training program. I searched, and found the CWOPS CW Academy. I was very impressed! However, I found their website a bit confusing, so I dug further. I have found out: They are a club with membership fees, but you don't need to be a member to take the training. (In fact, you can't become a member unless you are already good at CW.) Their beginner classes work the same whether the student had learnt CW in the past or is a complete beginner, and I get the impression that the success rate would be about the same for both kinds of student. They run only 3 beginner classes per year, recruited from all over the world, and the number of students admitted per class is quite small. It appears that there is a wait ing list of a year or so. When you are already hesitant, that wait has to discourage you a bit, and so would the need to align your schedule to their start date. I contacted the organization and asked if I (not a member of CWOPS) would be allowed to teach the beginner class, using the CWOPS method and training materials to local students, at a time of their choice. The answer was yes! I didn't ask whether any prospective CW teacher would be allowed to do this, but if you know your CW at better than 20 WPM, I think it very likely that CWOPS would approve your request to teach using their materials. So, if you are a student interested in learning CW the CWOPS way, but don't want to wait for a the CWOPS official class, maybe you could find somebody local to lead a CWOPS type class for you and a few friends, assuming that that person would get approval and training materials from CWOPS. As to my running such a class, I am not sure that my club will actually go forward with it, b ut it seems like a good idea if the prospective students are eager to learn.
73, Erik K7TV -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Clay Autery Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 12:08 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] On CW CWOPS CW Academy... Learn by hearing. Don't EVER use a chart. If YOU doo your part, you can be head copying 25 wpm in what I consider a very short time. I'm not there yet (just finished Level 1), but I'm headed thataway! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
