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"Stacey" =3D=3D S Hanrahan writes:

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Stacey Actually the Farnsworth method is Morse Code sent at a
Stacey constant rate of speed, 18 WPM actually, yet at lower speeds
Stacey the spacing between each character is increased while
Stacey attaining the same rate of speed of 18 WPM for each character.

I was under the impression that Farnsworth was a type of spacing but
that the actual numbers weren't relevant -- only that the word speed
is often much less than the character speed. The test I took had a
word speed of five words per minute and a character speed of eighteen
words per minute. The practice files I'm building for my web site
have a word speed of five words per minute and a character speed of
twenty words per minute.

Stacey By the time one becomes proficient enough to copy Morse Code,
Stacey counting out the dits and dahs is moot at best.

In my limited experience, I learn more characters faster with
Farnsworth spacing, but I'm concerned that I'm building a lookup table
instead of reflexes. It's the difference between "dahdidah, hmm,
that's K, dahdah, hmm, that's M" and "dahdidah (K) dahdah (M)". I
learned eight or nine characters with Farnsworth spacing, but I can't
repeat the performance at full speed, so I fear that I'm learning
something that won't be useful if I continue to use Farnsworth
spacing.

Stacey Stacey, AA7YA

Jack.
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Jack Twilley
jmt at twilley dot org
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