[CW] Morse Training

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Another excellent resource is to find one of the TCC - Trans-Continental
Corps - members who relay between the Area Nets - or even from the regional
nets and independant nets.

Often you'll find them sending strings of messages - perhaps 20 or 30 at a
time.  If you know the schedule, they usually keep to it daily.

I know Jack, N1OTC has daily schedules that I hear all day.  I like Jack's
bug fist - he was an Army radio operator who was assigned to the Navy at
Boston Navy Yard - I guess Navy saw how good he was!

73

DR

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Ron Zond <k3miy at csonline.net> wrote:

> Hi Ron
>
> I have been a traffic handler for more than thirty years. If you want to
> practice writing
> the hard copy, I suggest that you listen to your section CW net, region
> net,
> and the Eastern Area Net
> (EAN) If you copy 20 wpm you can handle these nets with little difficulty.
> EAN meets on 3577 kHz
> at 2030 (0130 UTC.). Copy the messages (NCS usually sends stations off
> frequency to pass).
>
> Ron
> K3MIY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On
> Behalf Of Ron Youvan
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:11 PM
> To: CW Reflector
> Subject: Re: [CW] Morse Training
>
>
> > I can't get an illuminated tickertape image streaming across
> > my visual awareness to stop.
> > I don't know if it's a hindrance or a help.
>
> > Clearly the best is to have the words be somehow simply
> > acknowledged and comprehended, without the visuals. But I'm
> > stuck.
>
> > How do you do it? Do you 'see' anything?
>
>   When my first "code instructor" said: "BEP BEEP that is the letter A,
> visualize the
> letter A" I couldn't and haven't since, that was in 1973.  I never could.
>  I
> had to take
> another "code class" to become fast enough to be useful.  It has been
> tough,
> but now
> copying on paper is now pretty much sub-conscious and automatic, (it is a
> simple reaction,
> hear one melody, print a "Z") now I am trying to learn "head copy," and to
> a
> point I
> frequently do get the idea of what is being said without writing much or
> anything at all,
> from the context more than what is said.  I need much work in this area.
> I have tried typing (into the computer) which to me would be and ideal way
> to keep copies
> of QSOs, but I haven't found any cw that was at the right speed for my
> typing, so far.
> I think being able to "head copy" but not be able to produce hard copy is
> useless for
> anything but rag chewing.  We need to train ourself for message handling in
> case of an
> emergency, I think.
> I send subconsciously using an iambic paddle and keyer except for words
> that
> I must spell
> out to my right arm, and some of those I really don't know how to spell.
> --
>    Ron  KA4INM - I'm proud to be Chuck's pop!
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