[Elecraft] CW assistance needed

Kirby J. Davis [email protected]
Wed Jan 8 20:39:01 2003


OK, I'm turning to you pros again.

Now that I've had the enjoyment of building my K2 and operating=
 SSB, 
I've decided that I want to try CW. The problem is that I haven't=
 
operated any CW since the mid 1980's, and that was only at the 5=
 wpm 
necessary to pass my initial Novice exam.

Sooo... to encourage and motivate myself I purchased one of=
 K8RA's 
beautiful paddles (see the praise of this paddle on eham.net if=
 you 
haven't already) and it just came in. Now I have a great rig,=
 great 
paddle, and an operator that doesn't know how to use it!

Any assistance, resources, etc. that any of you could provide 
regarding (1) (re)learning Morse code, (2) learning how to use an=
 
iambic paddle, and (3) learning how to use this paddle with the=
 K2's 
keyer and CW features (beyond what is in the manual) would be=
 greatly 
appreciated.

I've already downloaded and plan to use G4FON's free software=
 (Koch) 
in learning the code.

Blessings and 73!