Well, not exactly the /worst/ thing you could have used, but you're
right, visualizing a chart is adding an extra step in the learning
process toward aural copying.
And Wes is also correct. A whole generation or two of amateur radio
operators had nothing at hand but charts printed in the Boy Scout
Handbook and Signalling Merit Badge booklet. However, no one told us it
was the wrong way to go. Those charts got many of us a Novice license
in addition to Merit Badges. Later, I studied from Ameco vinyl records
which got me a 13 wpm General. Nightly work on the National Traffic
System got me a 20 wpm Extra.
The bottom line is that many of those Scouts who learned by charts are
today's 30 wpm and higher operators.
W4RK and I have taught code classes every Saturday morning (sometimes
three) for many years. We do not allow charts in class. What students
use at home is anybody's guess. But with today's online Morse programs
there is no reason to complicate (and slow) the learning process by
consulting a printed chart.
73,
Kent K9ZTV
On 12/27/2019 7:00 AM, Charlie T wrote:
OH, yeah.....I can see it in front of me now, a little Johnson SpeedX Morse
Code chart.
WORST thing I could possibly have used........YUGE plateau at 7 WPM !
73, Charlie k3ICH
Please don't let him learn code by sight. I taught myself from the list in my
Boy Scout Handbook (still have it) and I've never overcome doing it the wrong
way. Passed a 20 WPM Extra exam but it was a struggle. Still my favorite mode
though.
Wes N7WS
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