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I was told, when Novice Enhancement came along, not to pick up a
microphone because I would never get good at the Morse Code and
advance.


That was good advice. I did the same thing. I had my Novice for 3 months,
skipped the Technician, and got the General. I could have got on 2m AM as
a Novice. I had a Gonset II on load from Civil Defense. I flat refused to
do so until I got the General. Glad I did.

Dan/W4NTI

Dan/W4NTI wrote:
"bb" wrote in message
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I was told, when Novice Enhancement came along, not to pick up a
microphone because I would never get good at the Morse Code and
advance.


That was good advice. I did the same thing. I had my Novice for 3 months,
skipped the Technician, and got the General. I could have got on 2m AM as
a Novice. I had a Gonset II on load from Civil Defense. I flat refused to
do so until I got the General. Glad I did.

Dan/W4NTI

Perhaps it was good advise in your case.

I tested for General. The Morse Code sped by at an incredible rate,
and I did not pass. In retrospect, this must have been the diff
between Morse Code and the advent of the ARRL VEC use of the Farnsworth
Code.

Anyway, the consolation prize was the Technician license. The Novice
enhancement came later, so was not a player.

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Dan/W4NTI wrote:
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and I did not pass. In retrospect, this must have been the diff
between Morse Code and the advent of the ARRL VEC use of the Farnsworth
Code.

I'm not sure I understand that. As I remember the FCC universally used
those paper tape machines. And the method, although not called Farnsworth
that I can recall, was the same. I.E. Code sent at a fast rate with
spacing larger. This is the Farnsworth method.

Of course I may be wrong. But explain what you mean.

Dan/W4NTI