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I have watched many others move from one method of learning to another and give up because they became confused. In my point of view and from personal experience the best and only way to get better is stick with one method and copy ever increasing speeds. Continuously practice receiving Morse Code at ever increasing speeds, after learning the Continous Wave (CW) Morse code individual characters for the each letter of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9 and the prosigns, start copying the code at 5 WPM by writing it down and continue to practice until you can copy it in your head. Once you have successfully mastered 5 WPM, start listening to higher speeds such as 7.5 WPM and continue at that speed again until you no longer have to write it down and can copy it in your head. Repeat this procedure for ever increasing speeds such as 10, 13, 15 etc. but do not try increasing your speed until you have mastered the speed that you are at and continue until you reach your target speed. One of the best sources to practice copying various combinations of letters, numbers, and prosigns is the ARRL Headquarters station W1AW scheduled transmissions. You can find their schedule at the following URL: http://www.arrl.org/w1aw.html. Morse code is a language of sounds, put together to form the words you already now in English. Try to hear the words, then sentences versus the individual characters and this only comes with practice!
Best Regards Larry K4RFE (Retired RF Engineer)
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Dec 24 '11 at 07:05
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