[CW] Re: [KochMorse] Diminishing returns when learning morse

[Donald Chester]

Lots
>of repetition. In addition to saying the letter she would repeat something 
>else, for example, like for letters:
>J - The darned ol' Jay.
>X - Slide kelly slide.
>Q - Payday today.
>and others.

I recall when I was learning the code, I subconsciously made up similar 
phrases.  One I can remember is for the  letter "L", I thought of French for 
"United States",  "États-Unis".

I had tried unsuccessfully to teach myself to recive code by sending to 
myself with a key and audio oscillator.  I could send code but not copy it.  
Then over one summer, I borrowed some WW2 surplus Signal Corps 78 RPM code 
practice records from my high school physics department.  They must have 
worked, because I passed my novice test only 3 weeks after school was out.

Don K4KYV