[RVRC] CW Teacher 1.0 -Free

[E. Drew Moore]

  CW Teacher 1.0, Band Map Tutorial, Winter Field Day - Test Your Netw
     Posted by: "Scott & Kimberly Davis" SNKDavis at aol.com snkdavis
     Date: Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:12 pm ((PST))

Hi All,


Here are a few more fun things to keep you occupied over the holidays!


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

73,
Drew