[Elecraft] Idea on improving CW speed

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/2/05 12:53:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bowerm at ix.netcom.com writes:


> Has anybody done this?


Oh yes.

> 
> In the Koch method (I think that's the right one), you learn a few letters
> and then work up.  So you might learn "I" and "e" and then practice them
> until you get very good.  Then add a letter and work on three letters.
> 

That's the Koch method in a nutshell.


> Here's my thought.
> 
> One method is to just listen up on the bands and see what you can hear and
> "read" in CW.  But what would happen if you did this with just a few
> letters?  Listen up to a QSO but concentrate on hearing just the I's and
> e's.  Once you feel like you are getting a lot of them, add a letter or two.
> 
> Over time, would this be a valid method of listening and improving one's
> speed?
> 
> 

That's how I learned the code, way back in 1966-67. Didn't know any better - 
I thought that's what everybody did.

73 de Jim, N2EY