[UK-CONTEST] Improving CW Capability

[Ian Pritchard]

        Stewart .. 
   
  The theoretical answer is simple, but  nevertheless painful   to achieve in practice.
  One needs to have  lots and lots  of high-speed "rag-chew" type CW QSOs. over a period of a few years.  Then one starts hearing whole words or even phrases instead of letters. 
  As G3FXB  a famous UK CW DXer and World leading Contester and known for his colourful turn of phrase, once said .."These CW training programs are all well and good but are a little bit like   ********, i.e.not as good as the real thing."
   
  I'll get my coat .. 73 ..Ian G3WVG
      
  

"Cooper, Stewart" <coopers at odl.co.uk> wrote:   
Thanks Andy.
Copied to reflector for info for others.

Stewart
GM4AFF

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Swiffin [mailto:a.l.swiffin at dundee.ac.uk]
Sent: 30 March 2007 11:51
To: Cooper, Stewart
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Improving CW Capability


>>> On 30/03/2007 at 11:14, in message
<01FF01D83CCC1E4381DA10C0264A929A3D39B6 at odlmail1.odlabz.co.uk>,
"Cooper,
Stewart" wrote:

> I recall seeing a thread some time ago about improving ones CW. Might
not
> have been on UK Contesting. I find that I am limited by what seems
like my
> inability to get beyond reading single letters and concatenating them

> together in my head when I copy CW and I need to move to the next
level (if
> there is one) but don't know how. Apart from RUFZ, MorseRunner, etc.
there
> was mention of using a 'rhythm method' or something like that. What
is it?
> Anyone have more info?

Are you thinking of the g4fon Koch trainer - it teaches you to put
characters together at the target speed rather than starting slow and
working up (which doesn't seem to work!), try

http://www.g4fon.net/CW%20Trainer.htm

Cheers
Andy


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