Re: Intermittent Dit on QMX
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Jim: I'm trying to increase my CW speed, but I've fallen behind a little because of the T41 project. That said, using the Farnsworth method just proves that the way I learned Morse code for my Novice license back in 1953 was wrong! Counting dits and dahs will make any speed above 20wpm very difficult. Listening for patterns, or rhythms, is the way to go. I like the program by G4FON which has many options, including setting the Farnsworth spacing. W1AW uses Farnsworth for its practice sessions at speeds under 18wpm. If you're trying to learn Morse, give the G4FON software a shot. It's free and quite good. Try starting at 25wpm with 10wpm spacing. Being able to copy 25wpm probably covers most CW operators. Jack, W8TEE
On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 09:52:15 AM EDT, Jim Strohm <jim.strohm@...> wrote:
Farnsworth! I'm in a Morse?class right now, and we're learning characters at 25 WPM timing, and 5 WPM spacing.? That timing is a little bewildering to me, because I learned code 30 years ago at 20 WPM timing / 5 WPM spacing for my Novice exam and was at 15 / 15 sending and receiving on-air at my best back then.? I'm a little limited now by having only straight keys (SKs) here, so my next buy/build project will likely be a paddle key. ? But I'm trying!? Learning to send left-handed will be the hardest part for?me. Occasionally I used to get compliments on my CW proficiency at 15 / 10, especially?when people learned I was?SK-ing it.? I think taking band in high school helped. If you're truly desperate, you can get a code sender / reader and pick a Farnsworth?timing you like.? Eventually you'll pick up code well enough to read it in your head and send it with an SK. ? Almost everybody can learn code and get proficient.? It's easier than most of us seem to think.? Even kids can learn it, once they know their alphabet well enough to read Dr. Seuss.? My oldest daughter could read that well before she was 3. 73 Jim N6OTQ On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 7:02?AM K9NUD-Steve <k9nud@...> wrote: Albert, good on you for using the QRP Labs rigs for this. I suggested as much a couple of days ago in a LICW post where the OP was asking for ideas for a code oscillator. Why bother when you can build an entire rig for $55 and get a great practice oscillator in the bargain? I saw some weirdness early on with my QMX keyer, but not since, and I don't recall specifically what it was. |
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