[Elecraft] Viva CW!

[Chip Stratton]

If you happen to have an Iphone, get the CWTEXT app. It has many tools for
learning to copy CW, and you can use it anytime you have a few minutes. If
you like fairy tales, it will tell you those in Morse too. It has helped
speed me up quite a bit.

Might be similar programs for Android, but I'm not familiar with them.

73
Chip
AE5KA


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:

> Joshua --
>
> I would encourage you to do so.  W1AW practice runs are great (are they
> still running?  I haven't listened for quite some time . . . ); and when
> you feel up to it try to work in or even just listen in to a contest.
> Some of it will blaze by but over time it'll sink in.  Best advice I had
> long ago was to not try to translate from dots and dashes to letters -
> rather, learn the way a character sounds, by constant repetition and
> listening, listening, listening.
>
> Maybe easier said than done, but you might find it worthwhile.  The
> advantage is particularly noticeable with a QRP or even just a modest
> station.  A good CW op can make up with skill for a lot of DBs forgone.
> And really good ops will ALWAYS go QRS to match a station calling them.
>
> Since being licensed in 1957 I can remember only two periods of two years
> each when I used phone (AM, at the time).  Before and since it has been
> exclusively CW.  In fact, before getting the K3 I had and still have a
> FT-847 and a FT-950 which may or may not even work on data or SSB - I've
> never tried them in those modes.  (They are both for sale, in case anyone
> reading this is interested.)  It's all a matter of taste, of course; but
> CW is mine.  Best of luck . . .
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
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> >
> >Message: 21
> >Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 08:25:07 -0400
> >From: Joshua Gould <jg.k8wxa at gmail.com>
> >To: Lee Trout <troutcm at gmail.com>, Elecraft List
> >       <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Activity in ancient 15-meter novice band (21.1
> >       MHz)
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> >I keep throwing around the idea of trying to learn code again.  When I got
> >licensed as a no code tech, I stayed there for the first ten years because
> >every time that I would try to learn code to upgrade, my brain was having
> >none of it.  Now that I've upgraded to General and I have access to more
> >bands (where CW is still used) the idea is growing on me again.  I am
> >planning to purchase a KX3 in early July, and would love to know code so
> >that I can play around on CW while QRP.  Between attending college and
> >other work related responsibilities, I'm not sure that is going to happen
> >before I get my KX3.  I would hope that if I learn the code, someone will
> >slow down and have a QSO with a newbie...
> >
> >Joshua Gould
> >K8WXA
> >
> >
>
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