[Elecraft] Farnsworth CW

Thu Oct 30 23:26:00 2003

Headphones!

73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
"Starting the 58th year and it just keeps getting better!"
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Rohre" <[email protected]>
To: "John Fulp" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Farnsworth CW

> Thanks John for your endorsement of the MIL program.
>
> Definitely, one should never start out learning CW by any counting
> technique.  It indeed places a barrier immediately to speed progression.
> Sound and rhythm are the key to mastering the beast.
>
> I dare say that use of headphones is a better way to learn than using a
> speaker or being in a room with other sound distraction.  I note that the
> old Sig Corps mass classes had headphones for the students; although the
> paper strip code machines also were sometimes used with speakers at ham
club
> classes I attended.
> 73,
> Stuart
> K5KVH
>
>
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