"cl" wrote in message
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"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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cl wrote:
which required code. 5 WPM is not impossible to learn. It only takes a
few minutes a day and about 2 weeks at least to get enough to pass a
test.
Took me 45 minutes a day for over 6 months, plus one failed test to get
to 5 wpm.
I'm all in favor of Morse code testing, but you guys have to show some
understanding that it isn't that easy for a lot of people.
I aced the writtens, without a whole lot of study by comparison to a lot
of people. I don't go around calling them retards or stupid.
- Mike KB3EIA -
I agree with you Mike. I hate it when I hear someone say "it only took
me a few days" as that raises unrealistic expectations on the part of the
students. It becomes very hard to convince them that they will probably
need more time than that and to keep them motivated to keep working on
it. The average person needs 30 hours of study (1/2 per EVERY day for 60
days) to get there. Some will take longer such as yourself but at least
once they have put in the 30 hours, they will be able to tell that they
are making progress even if it takes longer for them.
Dee D. Flint, N8UZE
NOT EVERYONE - can learn code in a few days or whatever. There are some
things I can't learn in a month where others picked it up right away.
Different strokes for different folks. Each person has to take whatever
time as needed to learn whatever it is they're needing/desiring to learn.
Some fields don't allow a lot of time to learn, while others - such as
ham - do.
There is nothing saying that ANYONE has to learn code overnight or they're
a failure. Just because I was fortunate enough to get enough in - in that
2 weeks - to pass the exam, doesn't make me a "CW" king. I use code
"rarely". But, I had a chance once to teach some youngsters the code. One
picked it up pretty quick, the others - were a bit slower. If anyone
wants/needs to learn the code to get a license, they will - in whatever
time it takes - IF they start on it and don't give up.
The last part is the key...... To get started and stick with it. As to
time, when they get all the characters down, then they'll have learned the
code. Be it 2 weeks or 2 years.
cl
Maybe someone would care to explain to me and to the rest of the world, how
Gordon West's mini camps held on a "weekend" - were designed to work to get
people ready to pass an exam by the end of the weekend. At least that is the
understanding "I" got from reading the ads. I can't recall if some of those
weekends were just for NO Code Tech OR if perhaps they also may have been
for "code" as well. IF SO, and someone never had code, then how the hell did
they do it in 3 days? Two weeks is a reasonable amount of time - as it took
me. Three days? I don't know...... Is it possible? Even if it were just for
the theory, most I know, can't learn all that in 3 days. You'd have live,
eat, sleep, breathe and take the books to the can with you. IF anyone took
one of those weekends, speak up. IF maybe "I" misunderstood the ad wordage,
someone - anyone - feel free to correct me.
cl
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