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WT1V

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CW trainer
« on: February 28, 2022, 11:25:23 AM »

I have an assembled and fully working K1EL keyer and CW trainer that I no longer need.  An excellent CW training tool which is what I mainly used this for. Batteries and key not included.
User manual can be downloaded online. $50 includes S & H. 
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KO4ZGD

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Re: CW trainer
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2022, 02:14:02 PM »

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NU1O

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Re: CW trainer
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2022, 07:16:22 AM »

I have an assembled and fully working K1EL keyer and CW trainer that I no longer need.  An excellent CW training tool which is what I mainly used this for S & H. 
syd wt1v

I just came to the CW section from the DX section to see what you CW guys would recommend for a friend who is a new ham and wants to learn CW.  Does that K1EL keyer send CW so he can start with a few characters and it will eventually teach him the whole set?  Or is it used to see if you are transmitting properly?

I may still have a K1EL which I could give him but I never used it for CW training.

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Chris  NU1O
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K8AXW

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Re: CW trainer
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2022, 10:03:15 AM »

Almost any keyboard keyer with some memory can be an excellent training tool for someone wanting to learn or teach Morse.

I built a keyboard keyer with memory several years ago.  After using it for several years I donated it to my daughter-in-law who was involved with the scouts. It became a very popular item, helping several scouts get their Morse Code merit badge.

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NU1O

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Re: CW trainer
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2022, 10:44:09 AM »

Almost any keyboard keyer with some memory can be an excellent training tool for someone wanting to learn or teach Morse.

I built a keyboard keyer with memory several years ago.  After using it for several years I donated it to my daughter-in-law who was involved with the scouts. It became a very popular item, helping several scouts get their Morse Code merit badge.

Thanks.  I was just trying out G4FON's program, but it looks like 20 wpm is as slow as it gets.  I was going to suggest to him that he learn CW once at a speed close to 20 rather than learn it at 5 and have to relearn it at a higher speed, but he has been practicing with a key and oscillator and I have no idea what speed he is at. 

Over three decades ago I learned CW on a cartridge that plugged into the C-64.  I think it was called "Morse Tutor".  What I liked about it was it started with 4 characters and when it sent a character you were required to type it on the keyboard.  The program kept track of my progress and it added a new character when you hit the correct passing rate written into the program.  I think that's an easier method that typing 5 minutes of CW on paper and adding characters when you hit 90%.  However, I've looked and looked for a program that emulates Morse Tutor but w/o success.
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N7EKU

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Re: CW trainer
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2022, 12:32:16 PM »

G4FON's program goes way slower than that!

It does limit actual character speed because it's meant to help one remember the sound of a character or word instead of counting sounds.  But the effective word speed goes down to 2WPM.

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Re: CW trainer
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2022, 01:04:14 PM »

Yes, I used the Farnsworth method to slow it down.
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