[SOC] Interesting promotion...

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:32:45 -0000

Hi Ian,

Acting on your (and others') advice, I've upped the practise speed to about
20 wpm. It's actually *easier* (to my ear anyway).

The characters seem to possess a much more well defined shape and the speed
prevents you from being able to think too much about what you're listening
to; I either copy the letter correctly (in which case I didn't have to think
about it because it magically appeared on the paper in front of me) or I
don't and write a -. No time to analyse the mistake

This is fun.

Paul :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian C. Purdie" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Interesting promotion...

> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > http://www.qsl.net/k7qo/code.html    K7QO's course to High speed CW
(FAST Morse Code tutorial.)
>
> Mac, it seems Chuck's site has been removed. Anybody know anything?
>
> BTW Paul, Chuck is considered by many to be the "ultimate" CW
professional.
>
> It's worth noting [my old man said the same] that Chuck advocates learning
at high speed.
>
> My OM, [VK2ARP - SK] taught thousands of WT operators over the years,
notably the WAG's [wireless air gunners] under the Empire Air Training
scheme during the early part of WW11. Then he got shanghaied into Wireless
Intelligence in the Pacific, later Radar.
>
> I think he was around 60 WPM on a good day but he was taught by the
rigours of the Navy as a "boy" during WW1 and there was nothing but CW way
back then.
>
> All his pupils started out at 15 or 20 WPM (can't remember] - I was his
only failure of note.
>
> His advice? Start out fast, spend your days singing street signs, anything
you see during your day, in your head.
>
> Sing! Sing!
>
>
> 72/73's
>
> Ian C. Purdie
> Budgewoi N.S.W. Australia - Co-ords S33�14', E151�34'
> VK2TIP "I'll give ya the TIP mate" QRP-L #1978. SOC #171 FP#91
> http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/
>
>
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