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by KE7LGD on October 22, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
I am thinking about learning Code and ordered the ARRL's CD- "Morse Code for Radio Amateurs". Is this a good way to get started? Anyone used this CD to learn by? What did you think of it? THANKS, Bruce in Southwest Utah.

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by W4YA on October 22, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
Also try a great free program available at g4fon.net. Learning the code is a very rewarding experience. Have fun!! 73, Jim W4YA

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by KG9SF on October 22, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
I wish I had a direct answer for you. I learned the code almost 50 years ago in a junior high shop class. The teacher was a ham who enjoyed teaching code to his students who didn't have much aptitude for making birdhouses. If I could give you one tip, I'd tell you not to think in terms of dots and dashes, but rather in terms of sounds.....didah. You'll find a new world waiting for you on CW. You won't be stuck yakking on 2 meter FM. Good for you! Learn the code!

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by KE3WD on October 22, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
Morse Academy is an old piece of software, you have to download an extra chunk of code to get it to run on XP, but it is still a most excellent way to learn the Morse Code from point zero. Based on the tried and true military radio op CW operator training, starting with the learning of the characters by order of dotdash complexity, in 5 letter groups at a time, starting with AERNT, learning to copy is like playing a computer game. http://www.speroni.com/AH0A.html I highly recommend it, having brought folks from zero on up through 20wpm using this program. KE3WD

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by K7PEH on October 22, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
And, once you have a half dozen characters down so you can recognize them, also listen on the air. I think that a real QSO gives you real good experience at code copy.

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by N0UY on October 23, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
I suggest you read what Steve (WB2WIK) has to say about learning code. He has responded to this question many times before and always has some excelent advise.

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by KN1W on October 24, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
http://www.k7qo.net/ On this website you can find an ISO image that you can burn to a cd, this contains a bunch of mp3 files that will take you from 0 to 30 in no time. Download it, add it to your computer or MP3 player and have fun. Learn the sound not the dots and dashes.

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by KF6VCI on October 27, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
This is how I learnt enough to pass the 5 wpm exam. But now, I would refer you to the free course by Chuck K7QO http://www.k7qo.net G4FON's course is often recommended, but for me to increase my speed, it is tiresome to add characters. There is also http://www.mrx.com/au with a course and a CW Communicator software. GL es 73, Chris Kf6vci

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by KC6ZZT on November 16, 2007	Mail this to a friend!
Let me add my $.02. What I did: 1. I found some lists of one thousand common English words on the Internet. (Easy, just search Google for "common English words"). Maybe slightly more than one thousand... you'll see why in a moment. 2. Put these words in text files (I put about 11 words in each file), and I made 99 files. 3. I used G4FON's program which is great for just copying code. But the latest versions also have two neat features: (a) one can specify text files that it will convert to code, and (b) you can save the output to a WAV file. So I ran all 99 files through G4FON's program and got 99 WAV files. 4. Then I made an audio CD using the 99 WAV files. Note that the audio CD spec says the maximum number of tracks on a CD is 99! 5. I have the CD in the car with me, and I put the CD player in random track mode. It's great. I definitely need to concentrate, both on driving and listening, and I am learning how to "copy" without writing it down. My next plan: make CDs with numbers, punctuation, pro-signs. Your mileage may vary. The size of the files will likely depend on the speed at which you are setting G4FON's program to convert the text file[s] into WAV files, which will then determine really how may files of what size you can fit on a CD. Good luck, and I hope to work you on the bands sometime soon. 73 Joe kc6zzt

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