[Elecraft] Learning Code by Farnsworth Method

R. Kevin Stover rkstover at mchsi.com
Sun Mar 23 21:03:24 EST 2008


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I disagree Willis.

The Farnsworth method is also considered to be the cause of the "10wpm
wall" that stymied a great number of people learning morse code. I would
suggest newby's use the Koch method. You learn 2 characters at full
speed and proper spacing for that speed. Once you have those two
mastered to 95% or better, you add two more. By the time you've learned
all the alphabet, numerals, punctuation and pro signs to 95% you're
copying at 25wpm, or whatever speed you chose for a target when you started.

I think it also makes head copy easier to learn.



WILLIS COOKE wrote:

~ The Farnsworth Method is recommended. With the
| Farnsworth Method, you learn each character at 15
| words per minute with large spacing in between
| characters. This has been proven to be the best method
| for long-range development. Once the characters are
| learned, copying speed is easily increased by
| decreasing the spacing between each character.
|
| I would recommend that all beginners and all of us who
| want to help beginners as well as all of us who just
| want to be better CW operators read the information at
| the above URL.  Since I consider myself in all three
| categories, I plan to go back to the URL and read it
| again when I finish writing this diatribe.  Those of
| you who operate only voice and digital are beyond hope
| anyway, so you are excused from this assignment.


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R. Kevin Stover, ACØH
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