Pete and all, My experience is similar. I spend time consciously working on improving my speed and then time on the air both for enjoyment of qsos (the main reason) and for becoming comfortable at that speed (the lesser reason). I seem to plateau at a given speed for a few months and the qso'ing seems to fully build the ability there. One other thing I recommend that I discovered recently are CW traffic nets. They require a different kind of copying where every letter counts. I've been in a slow speed net for a couple months working on plowing through their 75 training messages & it's great fun. I've been a ham 3 and a half years, and summarizing my routine:
1) W1AW or Morse Academy (powerful, free program) to increase speed a little bit 2) QSOs to reach comfort level at new speed 3) CW net to sharpen copy skill I'm interested in methods other ops successfully use. But I'm guessing the best approach is simply practice, practice, practice, like everything else in life. 73, Mike ab3ap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ...My persuit of reliable 20+ copy Has taken > some time, and it seems to have several parts to it. At the core is Listening > to W1AW and on the air QSOs.... > -73s, > Pete _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
