The "sending CW from your head" is good advice.
The method I use for increasing my receiving speed is to have a receiver
nearby in a few locations around the house (I have one next to "my chair"
when watching TV and another on the nightstand next to the bed). I try to
find a "verbose" operator who is sending much faster than I normally copy.
I then concentrate on a TV show or a book that I am reading and just let the
CW flow in the background. This way I can take my mind off of concentrating
solely on the CW. It still amazes me how much I can copy in my head at 40
or 50 WPM when the focus of my concentration is on a something else. If I
start concentrating solely on the CW my mind starts wandering and the
receiving speed slows down. One recent down side is that I am finding it
somewhat harder to locate operators who are sending fast enough. I seem to
be hearing more and more CW now days at around 5 - 10 WPM, even on the Extra
Class frequencies. These slow speeds can put me to sleep in short order.
Reid, K7YX
-----Original Message-----
From: George, W5YR [mailto:w5yr@att.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:36 PM
To: ben
Cc: k1oj; mike bryce; tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW--slightly off topic
I find it equally important to be able to send a word without conscious
thought when I think of what I want to send. Guess that is the converse of
copying in your head.
I taught myself the code in 1945 by sending to myself with an audio
oscillator and hand key. Over the years I have found that the hardest thing
for me is to spell as fast as I can think of words! <:}
For anyone seeking paperless copy, I suggest a lot of sending practice -
not from printed copy which shows you how to spell but from "out of your
head" where you have to make up the spelling as you go.
72/73, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 55th year and it just keeps getting better!
Icom IC-756PRO #02121 Kachina #91900556 IC-765 #02437
ben wrote:
>
> So let me see if i've got this correct? you copy the code then make the
> sound, all mentally, thereby deriving the word. Then you can talk to
people
> as you copy code? While driving? You sir, have the MOjo!
> I was going to reccommend left brain code copy, right brain spelling and
> composing words. This is the focus only after being able to recognize
morse
> code characters without having to think about the letter. This comes when
> you practise, practise practise. de ben K8DIT ..
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