"W9HGO" wrote in message
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GM,

I am a new ham interested in CW and would really like to
find an
operators manual written before the topic of CW started to
be diluted.

I would prefer a 1st or 2nd edition.

TNX
73, Harry
W9HGO -SKCC #4647

Do you mean a Radio Amateurs Handbook? If so look at
this group, some have been advertized in the last couple of
weeks. The books may be helpful if you want to build CW
transmitting equipment but its very simple (one of the
virtues of CW). If you want to learn code there are a lot of
resources on the web. One is the code practice files
available from W1AW, the ARRL headquarters station. Practice
at speeds from 5 WPM to 40WPM is available along with the
text. There are also a couple of good code practice programs
available free. Do a google search for G4FON. This program
will teach you code a letter at a time and can translate any
text file into CW. Also search for Teach 4 another good
program that works a bit differently. These programs help
you learn the code by sound rather than trying to memorize
letters. This is the best way to learn it.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA