[Elecraft] CW Learning Techniques

[John D]

My $.02 ...

A technique that worked for me was to read text (from a book) and "play"
CW in my head as I was reading. I'd actually do this driving, reading
street signs and listening to the code in my head. YMMV, but I've
related this method to many people trying to get out of the single-digit
speeds with great results.

de John W1RT

On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 06:39, Martin.Evans at simoncarves.com wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi to all, sorry this is a bit off topic but I know there are a lot of good
> CW ops on this list. I am currently working on CW head copy at around
> 20wpm. I get most of the smaller words (say up to 5 letters) with no
> problem but miss many of the longer ones, I forget the first few letters by
> the time I get to the last few. However, the real question is should I
> "visualise" the letters (like imagining a typewriter with my eyes shut) or
> just sort of recognise the letters in an abstract sort of way leaving the
> brain to piece them together in the background so to speak (hard to
> describe this bit). I am aware of both methods happening but not sure
> whether to force the "visualising" method in case it will slow me down
> later on. The "visualising" does help me to get some of the longer words
> but maybe it's not good in the long term. The  "art and skill of radio
> telegraphy" book doesn't seem to offer any pointers here. Maybe it doesn't
> matter much either way but your expert opinions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> Martin
> M0KWV
> K1 #1534
> 
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