[CW] How to get proficient in morse?

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

Hello Michiel,

I would take a middle ground!  I would copy with a pencil sometimes and I
would listen to the Morse in the background.

I remember when I was 16, I listened to KH6IJ from Honolulu, Hawaii on 21
MHz working stations during the CQ WW DX test - every year - he would be
sending at about 40 wpm and some of the people calling would be doing the
same.  I would always try to listen to what I could not copy an eventually
I'd catch a few letters, then words, but I would have a pencil nearby to
write down what I decoded.

I remember I kept hearing a pattern in code sent by NSS US Navy Radio
Washington, DC on 10 MHz - it was a short little pattern that was frequent
and flew by so fast I couldn't write down the dots and dashes!

I finally wrote it down after an hour or two of listening:  T H E.

One dash then the rest were dots!

Download some of these mp3 files - they're perfect code and no errors.  It
is very bad when you try to copy someone who always sends TSE for THE.  You
have to know good Morse and be able to detect the errors on the air - then
you know you're good.  A tape recorder or digital recorder is very helpful
to build confidence.

73

David
N1EA
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