[CW] Unusual Morse teaching method

[Joe K2UF]

CW should be learned just like your native language.  You spent several
years learning to understand it by sound then you started to recognize the
symbols that represented those sounds.  People try to learn CW in the
reverse order.  That could cause problems.

 

73  Joe K2UF

 

With enough THRUST pig fly just fine.

 

 

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Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:33 PM
To: CW Reflector
Subject: Re: [CW] Unusual Morse teaching method

 

Hans-

     Yes, this is a novel approach, and you probably could learn the morse
characters this way.  However, you might find that this method seriously
limits your ability to increase your morse code receiving speed.  This is
because any time you introduce "dits" and "dahs" into the recognition
process (either visually or otherwise) you have slowed the total morse
character recognition time.  It could be very difficult to overcome this
impediment.

     The accepted practice is to learn by hearing each morse character as a
complete sound rather than individual "dits" and "dahs".  This way, when you
hear the morse character sound, you either write it down or at least
recognize it immediately if copying mentally. There are several computer
programs that teach morse code character recognition by sound, one of which
is "G4FON".



 

73     CARL   WZ4CW,  SKCC 918     FISTS 13491

 

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