[Elecraft] OT: Learning the code

[Jim Miller]

I'd recommend starting at a character speed that doesn't sound slow enough
to easily count the dits and dahs. For me that was 25wpm or a bit faster.
Then it sounds like a pattern rather than separate dits and dahs.

Then space the characters far enough apart to give you a fighting chance at
recognition but not so far as to be able to repeat the character mentally
in your head.

It is a bit frustrating at times but you will make progress faster this way.

It's basically Farnsworth but made intentionally too fast to "count."

Use the random characters rather than the "dit" characters.

Practice often.

73

Jim ab3cv


On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Josh Fiden <josh at voodoolab.com> wrote:

> I would advise against ordering it this way. That's how I learned when
> studying for the novice exam. It promotes counting dits and dahs, which you
> then have to unlearn to gain any proficiency.
>
> That was my experience, YMMV.
>
> 73,
> Josh W6XU
>
> On 5/28/2014 1:03 PM, Ray Sills wrote:
>
>> And start with a short list.  Do the Dit letter characters... E I S H
>>  ... then the Dahs: T M O..
>>
>
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