[UK-CONTEST] Morse dyslexia

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Yes, same problem here, I am dyslexic and find a & n are problem  
sometimes, b & j, x & p - basically anything where you can mirror or  
switch dit and dah can often be an issue. Letters like w, m, c, f & l  
seem to be ok now.
Also had problems with s, h, 5 and especially so in amounts others,  
seams like I hear a 5, think it's an h, then h becomes s and so on.

Despite the best efforts, continued perseverance and just down right  
dedication on the part of my mentor (G3NCN), I'm still not quite there  
after 2+ years of working at it. My age of 56 and the little time I  
can find to practice each day doesn't help.
John thinks I should be able to hold a QSO at 8 wpm at least, but now  
it's key shyness :-(
I'm determine to get there and you'll hear me soon I hope, if the sun  
is still alive then.

73 de M0XDF / FISTS #12575
-- 
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who  
are
putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
-Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)

On 2 Dec 2009, at 21:45, Ken Eastty wrote:

>> I think I am suffering from what I can only describe as morse
> dyslexia and wonder
>> if anyone else has the same problem. I'm fairly OK with the rythymic
>> characters like C,F,L etc. but struggle with S,H and 5 when sent at
>> speed. So Slovenian stations are particularly difficult to cope with
>> at speed and any other call starting with S or H. I can listen to the
>> call four or five times and still not be 100% certain that I have
>> copied it correctly and frequently have to give up.
>
> Ron,
>
> You are definitely not alone in this and it's not just the 'dot'
> characters that I lose
> as the speed increases, I sometimes find it difficult to distinguish
> between  'V' & '4' etc.
> Some people put this down to learning E, I, S, H  etc. I guess that  
> this
> is how I learnt CW
> (can't remember now it's too long ago!). Unfortunately I've passed  
> it on
> to others but at
> least it's not as bad as learning 'reversals'.
> You are probably right with whatever you thought the call was the  
> first
> time you heard it.
> If you try the speed tests in Rufz (http://www.rufzxp.net/) you will
> almost certainly see
> your errors starting to build with the above characters as the speed
> increases.
> Rufz & other similar programs all help when it comes to improving your
> CW speed.
> I wonder why it is that so few 'G' calls figure in the Rufz 'Toplist'
> although it's good to see a
> sprinkling of UK novice & foundations license holders posting scores.
> It's interesting to see the
> number of German & East Europeans who post scores, some of these guys
> can copy callsigns
> at the most amazing speeds  - 240 WPM! How's that possible and aren't
> there any 'G's who a
> can match these speeds? (not me for one!)