RadioBanter - element 1

Has happened to many of us -- persevere.

Hope you are studying Farnsworth -- characters are sent at 13 wpm and
spacing is 5 wpm.
This tends to have you hear the character and not count dits and dahs.
Did they send Farnsworth on the test you took ??

Successful formula is FOR MANY -- studying EVERY day for 15 to 30 minutes is
successful. Leaving long periods between study sessions is usually
counter-productive. Studying for long periods at a session - frazzles many a
brain.
One long time code instructor advises; "Most people's problems with the code
stem from trying to learn it too fast without sufficient drilling before
they move on to each new letter. The average person needs about 30 hours of
study and practice on the code to hit 5 wpm. Now this is an average. Some
will take longer and some will take less." So a half hour in the morning, a
half hour in the evening and in a month -- you should have it."

Another advises: Whatever method you use, try to *hear* the code directly as
a letter. IOW, don't try to translate the sound into dot-dash and translate
that into A, just hear the dot-dash and think A. Easier said than done, but
when you master it your receiving speed will increase dramatically."

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73 From the Spurious Noise ';';;';x":.,";"'
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"G. Doughty" wrote in message
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Ok, well, blew the test! I got a case of the nerves. I didn't know it
well
enough. I think that if you really know the code then it can naturally be
copied faster than 5wpm. I need to be at the point where I here the
transmission and it is the letter.

I'll try again soon. Thanks for all the help.

73
G. Doughty
KI4BBL