[CW] Copy speed (Was: Straight key vs paddle)

[Ron Zond]

James and others

You don't "copy" at 35 wpm. You listen, and listen some more. Use the W1AW
practice run that starts
at 35 wpm. After a few weeks, 25 wpm will sound slow, and you should be able
to write the characters.
I did this to get over the 20 wpm hump for the Extra in the 90s. I was
copying 20 wpm with ease after 3 weeks.

Ron


-----Original Message-----
From: cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On
Behalf Of James Zuelow
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 10:22 AM
To: CW Reflector
Subject: [CW] Copy speed (Was: Straight key vs paddle)


On Monday 19 April 2010, Ron Zond wrote:
> Mike
>
> You can copy 25 wpm  in three weeks, with just 15 min a day practice.
> Start at 35 and work down.
>
> Ron
> K3MIY
>

LOL.  (Or I guess HI HI HI here.)  How do you copy at 35 WPM?

I'm still learning code, and my block is copy speed.  I can recognize a
character faster, but I can't physically write them down faster than about
5-7wpm.  I can push 10 for short periods.

The characters that get me are "e" and "t" -- especially that darn e.  I
wait
for more and then the next character starts and I'm hurredly writing an "e"
(which takes a *long* time) while listening to the next character at the
same
time.

Then the next time I hear an e I start to write it down too quickly so I
don't
get behind, meaning I have to scratch it out when it suddenly morphs into an
i
or an s, which puts me behind on that character.

I'm still not familiar enough with the sounds to do well once I get behind,
so
I have to skip some and start copying again.

Makes me wish I had picked up shorthand when I was younger.

James
KL2ZZ
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