[nrv-hams] Fwd: N3FJP CW Teacher 1.0

[Carter Craigie]

I am beginning to give this a try at my house, Patrick!
73,
Carter 

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> On Dec 22, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Patrick Johnson <patrickjohnson1015 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Of possible interest to a few folks.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Here's a little Christmas gift from Scott Davis, maker of the famous N3FJP
> logging software.
> 
> Thought it might be of interest to some.
> 
> CW Teacher 1.0 is Now Available!
> 
> Whether you want to learn Morse code from scratch, never having heard a dit
> in your life, or you just want to speed up your copy for CW contesting, CW
> Teacher will help!
> I like CW, but I've never been particularly fast, so for most of my Amateur
> Radio life, I've gravitated towards SSB for contesting. More recently, I've
> come to realize that copying the short contest exchanges at 25 words per
> minute (WPM) and higher can actually be easier than a longer rag chew at 18
> WPM. I've been spending more time with CW contests and I've really come to
> enjoy them!
> 
> I had been thinking about creating a tool to help folks learn CW or increase
> their speed. Then, my son Brad, KB3MNE, mentioned an interest in learning
> CW. That was all the catalyst I needed to create this CW Teacher software!
> 
> This program will teach you Morse Code at your own pace. Set the sending
> rate at 18 WPM or higher so that you learn the characters at a functional
> speed, but don't worry, the software will send you each character, one at a
> time and wait for you to respond. There is zero rush. The entire emphasis of
> the software is teaching you to associate a sound with a letter. With just a
> bit of practice, that's really easy to do!  Whether young or seasoned, this
> program should easily help most anyone learn CW!
> Since copying CW with a keyboard is exactly what you will be doing when you
> are CW contesting, this software helps you become comfortable transferring
> what you hear to your keyboard directly as well.
> 
> The emphasis of this software is teaching Morse code from the absolute
> beginning, but I've also included options for more advanced practice, such
> as copying random call signs and Field Day style exchanges.
> This program is completely free! Please enjoy it and share it with anyone
> you may know who would like to learn CW!  You'll find it here:
> <http://www.n3fjp.com/cwteacher.html> http://www.n3fjp.com/cwteacher.html
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