[Elecraft] OT Learning Morse anew

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

Without going into too much detail (or extending this OT thread too 
much!), the way to get over the sub-12 wpm "hump" is to learn to copy 
short words and combinations of letters ("ing" "the" "out" etc.) as a 
unit, and not one character at a time.

One way to practice this is to use the well-known RUFZxp program 
<http://www.rufzxp.net/>
and to tell it to use a list of such short words and pieces of words in 
place of callsigns. Such lists are available (google "rufzxp word list") 
already prepared. Then you set it to go a little faster than you can 
comfortably copy, and listen. When you recognize a word or piece of one, 
you can type it in. But wait until you've recognized the whole thing 
before starting to type.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
(A CWops CWA instructor)
On 12 Jun 2017 12:59, Rick M0LEP wrote:
> I only allowed myself to buy my KX3 after I'd completed a number of CW
> QSOs. I stumbled through most of them, but I confidently expected the
> KX3 would provide me with an incentive to improve my Morse, and I'd get
> better at it quite quickly. It didn't quite work out that way, though.
> I've had my KX3 since February 2013, and I'm still mostly stumbling
> along at sub-12wpm.
> 
> I don't think there is any such thing as "The Perfect Method". I was
> sold on "Koch" (with a side order of "Farnsworth"), which some folk
> swear is the One True Way to learn Morse, but the Koch incremental
> approach turned out to be a complete waste of time for me.
> 
> I suspect good teaching in a face-to-face class would probably have
> worked a lot better, but that sort of thing is pretty much impossible to
> find these days. The CWOps courses seem to get quite a bit of praise,
> and while they're not quite face-to-face (as they rely on something like
> Skype) they are at least led by real people rather than machines. Their
> main drawback is that they seem to have a waiting list well over a year
> long.
> 
> At the end of the day, I expect improving your Morse mostly comes down
> to practice, practice, practice. Having that practice guided by an
> experienced teacher would probably help a lot. If you can, find some
> local experienced Morse mentors, listen to their advice, and then
> practice, practice, practice...
> 
> ....and try to get out and operate at whatever speed you can manage.
> 
> On Sun 11 Jun Jim Sr Sturges wrote:
>> I think I learned code all wrong. Can't ever seem to get my speed up.
>>
>> Surely some of the astute among you _know_ The Perfect Method, and I hope
>> you will share?
>