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"Brian" =3D=3D Brian Kelly writes:

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

Brian Stick with the tried and proven Jack and just get on with the
Brian job like tens if not hundreds of thousands of us have already
Brian done. There is no point to reinventing the wheel.

One wonders what Mr. (or Ms.) Farnsworth would have said if someone
had told him something like that. There is point in reinventing the
wheel, if one believes they may have found something more efficient.
In this case, I'm not inventing anything -- I am facilitating the
learning of those who prefer full speed and Farnsworth spacing.

Brian I've sed it before I'll say it again: The W1AW code practice
Brian sessions and getting on the air ASAP are the best methods out
Brian there for learning the code. The 1AW sessions are reliable,
Brian they're not repetitive and you can pace yourself without
Brian breaking a sweat depending on your own set of learning curve
Brian variables. Yes it's Farnsworth and 1AW Farnworth has obviously
Brian worked for decades. Now go copy 1AW 5wpm sessions until you
Brian "get it".

I've said it before, but perhaps not in this location: my current
location does not permit reception of HF signals. I have tried for
months with multiple antenna setups and have not been successful. I
have very limited VHF reception -- broadcast FM and television
stations do not come in, but I can receive on 2m and 440MHz. I
thought it was bad when I didn't have an HF rig, but it's worse to
have one and not be able to receive anything.

Brian I'm not sure I'd advise getting on the air with 5wpm these days
Brian but getting on the air with 10wpm absolutely will accelerate
Brian your move up the code learning curve. There is nothing which
Brian can simulate the experience and stimulation one gets when
Brian snagging real CW QSOs early in the code learning
Brian process. Nothing. Sweat, sweat, tremble, into the deep end
Brian . . Been there, done it and it WORKS. The mix of 1AW and The
Brian Deep End worked twice for me and I not only enjoyed all of it
Brian but also got to 20wpm+ via logs full of actual QSOs to boot.

I'm glad it worked for you. I'm going for the tried and true Koch
method of learning the characters at full speed. It might take more
time for me to learn them all, but I'll know them, and that will be
exciting. I am currently exploring another method of code generating
that spits out words from characters that I already know since I'm a
little concerned that five-letter groups might shape my learning in a
way that won't help with real code. Other than that, though, I'm
pretty happy with what I've got.

Brian And CW contests are lousy code practice.

I agree with you on this. Hopefully by next Field Day I'll be able to
participate with CW, but I am concerned that my straight-key efforts
will be wasted on the memory keyers out there. Bah.

Jack.
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Jack Twilley
jmt at twilley dot org
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