Terry,
Record yourself in a qso or just sending something,. I use words to a song I know. Wait a few days, then listen. It may shock you. Biggest issue is more often than not, spacing. Keep your words tight, drive a truck through the space between words. If you think you may be putting in too much space between words, you are probably barely putting in enough... I am mentoring one BVARC CW student on Zoom on Tuesday nights. You are certainly welcome if you are interested. I teach at CWAcademy. However, Tuesday nights are low profile, easy going and less demanding than the CWOps CWAcademy program is that is so successful. Let me know if I can help. Personally, my advice is to toss all the code readers in the dumpster. You will never learn CW properly with their use. They are a crutch that becomes an addiction. Just don't go there. If I can help, let me know. Email, text or lease a voice mail at 713-818-0846. Merry Christmas es 73, Phil W2OZB CWOps 2020 SKCC 17177S BUG 202 FISTS 18264 > On 12/24/2020 3:34 PM terry leatherland via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Roy. Ive made progress with the sound card audio settings and made > a qso just now. But I am seeing that imperfect code is questionable, so I > have to write too, and read, and then quickly type ... > > I haven't done key cw in 30 years. :-( > I'm catching up fast though up to my general speed of 13 wpm. Practice > practice... > > > I need some one to listen to me though and tell me if my keying is > readable. I get a odd sound when transmitting. Im on 40m around 7.06 right > now. > > Cheers AND Merry Christmas all. > terry > > > Terry Leatherland, K5PGF > 281-455-8090 > Sugar Land, Tx > > > > On Thursday, December 24, 2020, 02:41:19 PM CST, Roy Storey via BVARC > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Terry, I used to use HRD when I was trying to get my CW speed up. I soon > discovered that HRD would decode signals sent from a keyboard quite well. > Problems > crept in if I was trying to decode someone's FAT FIST. > > Roy W5TKZ -- 73 > > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 1:36 PM Chad Kitzmann via BVARC < [email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > I’ve been using fldigi (it’s free). Seems to work fairly well. > I’ve also played with cwget and cwskimmer. None of them are perfect though > unless the signal is really strong even then you will still scratch your head > at the output sometimes. > > > > - Chad > > > > > On Dec 24, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Terry Leatherland via BVARC < > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > I have a question for the experts. I use ham radio deluxe. > > Being integrated with logging , mapping, radio control, dx spotting etc. > > it’s pretty feasible. However I am having real sour luck with consistency > > of cw interpretation. Sending is fine with my Signalink but correctly > > interpreting the code is pitiful even when I’m on a clearly distinguishable > > signal locked on the waterfall. Maybe I have some parameters wrong and > > someone can zoom with me to see what’s what ?? So I’m looking to see > > what’s free Sw that works better & easier to configure , with a logging > > function. > > > Terry . > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > > > > > BVARC mailing list > > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > > > BVARC mailing list > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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