Mike Coslo wrote in message ...
I don't do much in the way of Morse CW on the air. Much of the reason
for this has been due to some difficulties I have, but enough about that.

As a personal challenge, I've decided to see if I can bring my Morse
speed up quite a bit. I started with the ARRL code CD's that I bought a
few years back when I wanted to first learn Morse CW.

Would you believe that after two years I still have those CD's
memorized? I couldn't believe it - I remembered exactly the letters and
words they were using. So in the end, I don't know if I'd recommend the
CD's, except to those that have a real quick pickup of Morse, and how do
you know that until you try?

So I tried NuMorse. Great program! I've been working with it for a few
weeks now, and have gotten my speed up to around ten WPM, 13 on a good
day. Soon I'll be ready to *really* do Morse CW. I intend to get up to
20 wpm before I get on the air. just because I expect to slow down under
real over the air conditions.

NuMorse sends out pseudo random groups that can't be memorized. It will
also make up QSO's or load texfile QSO's that you can load into it.
Anyone know of a good source for these?

My only criticism of the program is that the prosigns are a little
awkward, requiring use of the shift key which can slow you down a bit.

Still I would rate the program as 9.5 out of 10.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Kewl beans, Mike. I too used the ARRL CD's and while they initially
served their purpose, one does tend to memorize the groups. Anytime
you want to subject your ears to some ear-punishing hihi slo-code,
drop me an e-mail and we'll set up a sked. Jim, N2EY, and I recently
had a nice CW QSO on 40 and "three land" comes in pretty well here.
Thanks for the recommendation and take care. :-)

--
73 de Bert
WA2SI