[CW] Building Code Speed: Random Characters or Words?

[N2EY@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/31/03 6:58:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
sloner@earthlink.net writes:


> I am tying to get my code speed up from the low 20s to a little higher.
> Have you found it better to train by copying random groups of letters and
> numbers or to copy real words?
> 

Both!

The trick is to expose yourself to all sorts of code experiences. Contests 
are good for this, as are W1AW practice sessions, computer software, ragchews, 
etc. 

What I have found helps the most is to listen to code that is so fast you can 
only get 30 to 60% of what is being sent, no matter how hard you bust your 
hump. (For practice only!) If you are in the low 20s, 30-35 or even 40 per might 
be in that range. After 15-30 minutes of that, 25 wpm will sound slow!

73 es GL de Jim, N2EY


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