[Elecraft] On CW

[Gary Smith]

I agree with the below completely. Another 
excellent source is to tune into the 
ARRL's Code Transmissions on the air. They 
start at a fast speed and when finished, 
move to the next lower speed and so on. 
The advantage is you are trying to copy 
perfect CW sent faster than you can 
actually copy but you force yourself to 
listen harder, so you end up hearing more. 
When you get close to the speed you can 
copy, your head is already thinking CW 
better than usual and your comprehension 
is much better. 

http://www.arrl.org/code-transmissions

As it mentions in the link, the code is 
from QST and if you have the article in 
front of you, you can read it at the same 
time. I didn't find doing that was greatly 
helpful for me but another person might. 
The perfect CW and the slowing of the 
speed made the difference to me.

73,

Gary
KA1J



> 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.