Jack, W0UCE, is one of the instructors for CW Academy, and can be approached that way as well. 73, Guy.
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/23/2012 11:48 AM, Stephen Roberts wrote: > > > It was not until recently (about 5 months ago) > > that I got my ticket and plunged back into re-learning CW and > > although I remembered most of the letters, it was not as easy as I > > imagined it would be, especially since I had no experience sending > > and had no idea what a QSO sounded like . > > Welcome to Ham Radio CW Steve. > > > Well, I'm up to about 25 > > WPM at this point and very gradually getting to recognize words. I > > think I'm still a long way from copying in my head 100%, but I'm > > hoping that after about a year, I should be in g ood shape. I've been > > averaging about 4 QSO's a day (I haven't tried the mike on my K2 yet) > > and wish I could do more, but I ain't retired YET and still have to > > chase the almighty dollar around. > > You might look into the CW Academy www.cwops.org/cwacademy.html > > CWOps is a moderately new group, a little over 1,000 members world-wide > now. We sponsor the CWT's ... 3 one hour mini-contests on the 2nd and > 4th Wed of each month, and the CW Open on the first of September, also 3 > sessions, 4 hours each. Next CWT is this coming Wed. > > I don't believe that "head-copy" at 100% exists. If I'm talking to > someone face-to-face, I don't remember the exact words he says, I digest > and understand what he's communicating to me. If you can carry on a CW > "conversation" with someone and you understand him, you're copying in > your head. > > Copying code groups is easier than making record copy of plain text, > none of it means anything, you just copy what you hear. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 > - www.cqp.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
