[TenTec] new to CW dxing

[k3miy at csonline.net]

Dave

I used the same method to get my speed up, but after 15 wpm, the next
step came with a mighty effort. So I gave up. I was stuck at 18 wpm
(ARRL bulletin speed). Then in 1992, I wanted to get my Extra (needed
to copy 20 wpm). So I found the ARRL code run that started at 35 wpm
and went down to 10. After trying top down for 3 weeks, 20 wpm was slow.
I also learned that this method is resistant to the ravages of old age.
BTW I worked your 40 CW station during Field Day. I was running the call
W3ZIC

Ron
K3MIY



Quoting Dave Plews <djplews at comcast.net>:

> Al's (WB5JNC) comments are ones that remind me of my experience in learning 
> the Morse Code.  One of the methods that helped me after I learned the 
> letters was to use Code Records.  The Code Records though started out at 5 
> WPM and then increased by steps until they got up to 15 or 20 WPM as I 
> recall by small increments.  They send for fairly long periods of time, too.
> By the time they got up to 10 WPM or so my hand and wrist were quite tired 
> writing / printing everything down on paper.  So I'd stop and do something 
> else until the next night.
> The next night I started at the same place (i.e. slowest speed) and worked 
> my way up as far as I could go.  I couldn't ever get past about 10 WPM.  I 
> stopped again and waited till the next night.  The next night resulted in 
> the same skill level, 10 WPM.  Ugh!
> So I decided that I'd skip right up to the 10 WPM instead and go on from 
> there the next night.  Wow!  What a difference!  I went right up to 15 or 
> higher WPM.  The next night I started from where I left off and by no time I
> 
> was copying Morse Code at 20 WPM and I was ready to copy the W1AW 
> Proficiency Run before I ever got my ham radio ticket.  I think I was able 
> to do 30 WPM by the time I went down to the FCC office in downtown Chicago 
> to take the General.
> I've enjoyed CW immensely ever since.
> Dave W9TG... 
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