Technology will triumph all problems associated with learning CW. Many expert CW Ops use electronic keyers and keyboards. It is just a matter of time.
73, Ron, K5HM <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm Excelsior! From: tdxs-list [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vaclav via tdxs-list Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 9:30 AM To: William K Carr III <[email protected]>; Nizar Mullani <[email protected]>; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [tdxs-list] Best book on learning CW - or, anyone can learn CW at any age, if taught properly Most people forget to learn how to SEND same time and of course listen to their sending. Best to use starlight , manual key. Bits and dots should NEVER be recognized as Morse code. As far as recognizing words - there is a "danger" of guessing the code received instead of truly copying it. _____ From: William K Carr III <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: Nizar Mullani <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [tdxs-list] Best book on learning CW - or, anyone can learn CW at any age, if taught properly I didn't have the benefit of N0HHF's book when I was learning the code in the mid 60s, but I can attest that the method of recognizing CW as sounds and words rather than dits and dahs works. I remember struggling to get to 13 WPM and when I started listening to the sounds, I jumped to 25+ WPM almost overnight. Today, I hear 35wpm easily and need to pay a little more attention to 40+. K5WA still wonders how I can copy CW and carry on a conversation in the same room! It works. Kim K5TU Sent from Samsung tablet -------- Original message -------- >From Nizar Mullani <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: 12/27/2016 09:32 (GMT-06:00) To 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >,[email protected] Subject [tdxs-list] Best book on learning CW - or, anyone can learn CW at any age, if taught properly (My apologies to the CW experts since you probably don’t need to read this.) I have attached THE ART AND SKILL OF RADIO-TELEGRAPHY by N0HFF (SK) as a pdf file. It is a must read for people who want to learn CW or think that they cannot learn CW. I could have, would have, halved my time learning CW if I had read this book before starting. I have had to unlearn the way I was taught CW the hard way. Learning to decode every letter into dit and dah at 5 wpm was not only the wrong way, it was probably the most miserable way to learn. No wonder I avoided CW operation for 30 years. Learning to HEAR the sound of letters and numbers sent by CW at 20 wpm, bypasses the wrong way it was taught. Learning CW by first listening to good CW is critical to learning the proper sounds of letters and words. There are several apps, such as CWtext, Learning CW, and Morse words, which make it easy to learn. This book provides a really good set of rules on how to learn the code efficiently and enjoying it. If I can start learning CW again at 70 years of age, you can too. It is a lot of fun when you bypass the miserable dit and dah stage, and start recognizing the sounds of letters and words. Nizar K0NM _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.tdxs.net/mailman/options/tdxs-list/vaclav_sal%40yahoo.com
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