I use Morse Elmer on my iphone to practice. I like it.
jim ab3cv On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > Three unanswerable questions: "What is the meaning of life?"; "Are there > hams in other star systems?"; "What is the secret to learning Morse code?", > and, if 50 people answer your question [likely a low estimate], you will > get 62.87 answers. [:-) > > The "secret" really is ... there is no "secret." There as many effective > ways as there are aspiring CW operators. Not every method works for > everyone. Here's a partial short-list of things to investigate: > > 1. CW Academy, operated by the CWOps group cwops.org > > 2. Download Morsegen [http://www.g4ilo.com/morsegen.html]. It will send > to you in a variety of modes, including text from a file > > 3. Make audio files from Morsegen, write them to a USB stick or CD's, and > "read" them while on the way to work or a long trip > > 4. Send to yourself. Put the K3s in TEST mode > > 5. Listen to W1AW practice and bulletin sessions [1] > > 6. Listen to CW contests [2] > > 7. Have "in-room QSO's" with K3s in TEST with a friend > > 8. Put a Morse ringtone on your fone. Mine sends the name, if in my fone > book, or the number if not, for calls and SMS. You may not get much > practice unless you get a lot of calls/texts but it sure gets attention in > the checkout line at Home Depot. [:-) > > 9. Put your K3s in TX NORM mode and start making Q's at a speed you're > comfortable with. I hear a number of 5 WPM CQ's in the afternoons on 20 > around 14050. > > Note: There is a vast difference between verbatim copy and "head copy." > In a normal QSO, the probability is 0.9964 that the only elements you'll > hear will be RST, Name, QTH, Rig, Antenna, Wx, and "WL TNX QSO GUD DX CUL > 73." The only one you really need to jot down is name. The only time > verbatim copy is needed is in traffic handling. > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > [1] A potential issue with the W1AW at increasing speeds is that one can > become obsessive over one's current speed. One needs to forget about > speed, yours is what it is and it will increase. > > [2] Speeds in contests will range around 30-35 WPM. However, all that is > being sent is call signs and some very small amount of "data" such as 5NN 3 > [fake signal report and CQ zone #]. In the Wed CWT's it's a name [all > short] and 1-4 digit member #, and knowing what's coming next will improve > your copy ability and speed dramatically. > > On 10/31/2017 11:26 AM, rkr...@johngalt.biz wrote: > >> Now that I've given the history, my question to those of you who are >> gung-ho on CW is; how did you begin the learning process? Is there some >> secret that I missed? >> >> 73 >> >> Ray >> KK4WPB >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 j...@jtmiller.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
