[CQ-Contest] Copy CW better/faster

[steve.root]

And last but not least, get on and rag chew using CW.  I'm always amazed at the number of contest operators who can't hold up their end of a conversation.  The best ops have no problem.

73 Steve K0SR

> On January 5, 2020 at 3:57 PM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
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> I am certainly not the best CW Op out there..not by a long shot, but I
> received an email from someone today and this is what I sent them.  These
> suggestions can be used by anyone wanting to do CW better or increase their
> speeds above that 10-15wpm level where we all seem to initially get stuck
> at.
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> I hope guys and gals wishing to do better CW can find them of some use:
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> I have a few suggestions..all different.to get your CW Speed up.
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> Contact CW Ops and ask to be put on a list to learn to send/receive faster.
> You don't need to join ($$) at this point.
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> www.cwops.org
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> Look for the link for CWA academy.  Sign up.  I hear really great things
> about the instructors with a very high success rate for the different
> levels.  I am a CWops member, but was never involved with CWA.
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> Secondly. Copying CW Online by yourself there is this tool.
> https://lcwo.net/
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> Learn CW Online.  Some cool tools there.
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> Thirdly, what I did (might not work for all of you) is put an HF rig in my
> car and listened to the bottom end of 20m for 1 hour every day M-F (30minute
> commute) for months before I ever touched the paddles.
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> Fourthly, another CW tool.
> https://morsecode.world/international/translator.html
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> Last thing you might do is enter lots of contests as a very casual S&P
> participant, listening to the slower runners and listen to their exchange 3
> - 4 times until you are sure of what they're sending.  Start with the
> contests where the report is always the same (State, Zone, Province) and not
> a serial # contest.  You might be able to get the hang of their serial #
> exchange, and guess the next #, but SO2R,and Multiops can often have serial
> #'s out of order, and it can trip you up.
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> Even if they are sending at 25-30WPM you can probably recognize your call at
> those speeds however, so this is a great place to start.
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> Personally I don't think code-readers help..imo, they are too much of a
> crutch and will only delay your learning (let me say----I don't look down on
> you if you choose to use them, but I think you're better off w/o them..just
> my opinion)
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> You need to be consistent in your practice.  It'll likely take a couple
> months and at least a few stints per week to see a big jump in your speeds.
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> GL in whatever you decide.  It's not until you 'push' yourself, will your CW
> speed increase.
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> In these years of low sunspots, and weak signals, CW Rules !
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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