[Elecraft] On CW

[rkruse at johngalt.biz]

Thanks.  I will look into it.

On 10/31/2017 2:44 PM, Buck wrote:
>
> The secret is in the way you approach it.  Method today is to learn 
> the sound of a letter.  A is not dot dash or dit dah.  It is not Ah 
> Pull. It is not ._    It is the sound of didah.  You repeat each 
> letter until you have it down and move to the next one. This is called 
> the Koch method.
>
> The letters are sent at 20 wpm to reinforce they are one sound. Code 
> is sent slower by expanding the space between letters.  This is called 
> Farnsworth method.
>
> Here's a free trainer program  http://www.g4fon.net/
>
> Buck, k4ia
> Honor Roll
> 8BDXCC
> EasyWayHamBooks.com
>
> On 10/31/2017 2:26 PM, rkruse at johngalt.biz wrote:
>>
>> On 10/31/2017 2:02 PM, engineercm wrote:
>>> Thank you so much for articulating the magic about CW.
>>
>> As a teen I tried to learn Morse Code and never was able to get very 
>> far.  With Morse as a condition for getting a license, I never 
>> thought about getting a Ham License although I was very heavy into 
>> electronics and got my First Class Radiotelephone License.  (To show 
>> my age, the testing only had one transistor question; all the rest 
>> were tubes.)
>>
>> When I discovered that Morse Code had been removed as a requirement 
>> (2014 or so) I began studying for my tests and made Extra within a 
>> few months.
>>
>> I have  K3S that I am about to put on the air, on SSB to begin 
>> because that is what I currently understand.
>>
>> I have had CW recommended, but am unwilling to repeat the head 
>> banging experience I went through 50+ years ago.
>>
>> Now that I've given the history, my question to those of you who are 
>> gung-ho on CW is; how did you begin the learning process? Is there 
>> some secret that I missed?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Ray
>> KK4WPB
>>
>>
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