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N4MJG

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REAL REASON WHY
« on: November 11, 2022, 07:41:08 AM »

When i frist learn about morse code i never actley copy down the code no training or any kind that is why i have'nt learn anything but now i have g4fon on my laptop and started to learn the code atfer they drop the code as of requirement late 2000 .So i kept built my code and around 10 wpm and no more becuase of my hearing and my brain not copy at all, i know i have start copy sooner then later.
i'm done with g4fon for now until later on i will speed up again. once i know the code atfer so many years becuase of my recent stroke 2019 and not gave up code just yet thuo.

Going to take me time BECUASE OF MY STROKE not going to rush it ! i have learn the code one i do i hope in jan  i be ready if my hand don't shake like i did years back for my frist time doing morse i was nervous that why my hand was shaky lol.

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JACKIE GREEN

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Re: REAL REASON WHY
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2022, 08:28:26 AM »

Some important tips:

-Definitely learn code by sound. Don't learn it by writing down dots and dashes - this will build in a translation step in your head and you'll never get fast that way. I made this mistake when I was starting out and got stuck at 5 WPM.

-Learn at high speed. Train your brain to recognize characters sent at 20 or 25 WPM, spaced out (Farnsworth). This way you don't have to retrain at every speed increase.

-I relearned code and went from 0 to 13 and eventually 20 WPM with a special training tape I made. Using an audio mixer, I sent random characters from a CPO, and after each character, using a microphone I spoke the letter onto the tape. So I would hear 'dit dah A; dah dididit B' etc. I listened to this tape 24 hours/day for 3 days (yes, even while asleep). After the 3 days I could copy the code fine. I would hear the 'ditdah' from a test, and then hear 'A' in my head. It was a programmed response.

-Tony, K1KP
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2022, 09:04:11 AM »

Jackie,

Because of your stroke, you will have to learn the code whatever way will work for you. You should listen to all the advice and suggestions you get here, try them, and then decide what works.

After developing Parkinson's I simply can't write down what I hear.  If I was to learn the code now I would have to train my brain to "head copy."  That is a great deal more difficult. It can be done Jackie, but you need to be very patient and take your time.

"Not going to rush it" is a great attitude.  Many will disagree but the LEARNING process CAN be fun!  Good luck.

Al - K8AXW
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N4MJG

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Re: REAL REASON WHY
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2022, 09:06:20 AM »

I DON'T LEARN DOT AND DASH  i copy by the sound that way.
as i as said i use g4fon app on my my laptop i did very well. on my birthday jan 6 i wanted to get on  jan 1 streight key sould be fun.

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Some important tips:

-Definitely learn code by sound. Don't learn it by writing down dots and dashes - this will build in a translation step in your head and you'll never get fast that way. I made this mistake when I was starting out and got stuck at 5 WPM.

-Learn at high speed. Train your brain to recognize characters sent at 20 or 25 WPM, spaced out (Farnsworth). This way you don't have to retrain at every speed increase.

-I relearned code and went from 0 to 13 and eventually 20 WPM with a special training tape I made. Using an audio mixer, I sent random characters from a CPO, and after each character, using a microphone I spoke the letter onto the tape. So I would hear 'dit dah A; dah dididit B' etc. I listened to this tape 24 hours/day for 3 days (yes, even while asleep). After the 3 days I could copy the code fine. I would hear the 'ditdah' from a test, and then hear 'A' in my head. It was a programmed response.

-Tony, K1KP
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JACKIE GREEN

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Re: REAL REASON WHY
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2022, 11:57:08 AM »

Easiest way to learn it is just use it.
I can remember back in school a couple of us decided that we needed to encode notes we were passing to each other.
One of us sat down and just wrote the alphabet down and then put symbols next to the letters.  We would write everything double space so it could be decoded in the space below the lines, but we found in about a month, it was like reading the English alphabet.  It was just words on the page even though it was all symbols and no letters at all.  Of course the teachers and our parents were pissed that they couldn't read it.  It's been almost 40 years ago now and I don't remember any of it.  But I knew it then... I sort of wished I had put that sort of time into using Morse code.  But I can't even recognize my call sign any more.
Point is, use it.  And once it's second nature to you, keep using it.  It will come slowly, but if will come.  Sit and write letters using the code and a code key until you don't need it any more.... then start sending the code via a practice keyer or a Morse software on your computer.  What will happen in time is you will quit hearing letters and hear the WORDS the letters spell out. 
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2022, 06:25:50 AM »

 
Easiest way to learn it is just use it.
I can remember back in school a couple of us decided that we needed to encode notes we were passing to each other.
One of us sat down and just wrote the alphabet down and then put symbols next to the letters.  We would write everything double space so it could be decoded in the space below the lines, but we found in about a month, it was like reading the English alphabet.  It was just words on the page even though it was all symbols and no letters at all.  Of course the teachers and our parents were pissed that they couldn't read it.  It's been almost 40 years ago now and I don't remember any of it.  But I knew it then... I sort of wished I had put that sort of time into using Morse code.  But I can't even recognize my call sign any more.
Point is, use it.  And once it's second nature to you, keep using it.  It will come slowly, but if will come.  Sit and write letters using the code and a code key until you don't need it any more.... then start sending the code via a practice keyer or a Morse software on your computer.  What will happen in time is you will quit hearing letters and hear the WORDS the letters spell out.
Thats a form of cryptology ( symbolistitic cryptology)
Decryption is a matter of recognizing patterns of words.
I used to drive people nuts with messages that way in school also.
I suppose my interest in cryptography started with very old commodore 64 computer games ( a role play game that had a decoder wheel chart translating dwarf to english or elf)
Didnt care for the d+d style games( way too much on the fly cheating going on)
But coded messaging? Oh yeah that was interesting.
Some of us kids used to leave messages in patterns of pebbles inside a circle of stones or twigs.
Good old days and a twisted sort of entertainment watching people get flustered because the couldn't figure it out.
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