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Review Summary For : Code Quick 2000
Reviews: 38MSRP: 39.95 (CD) or 29.95 (Download)
Description:
Morse code self-training software (includes exam theory too)
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.cq2k.com
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
00384.4
SHIFTER Rating: 2005-07-14
Great Product Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I bought the whole package. It worked
as advertised. I think I would still be
a Tech without it.
RESNEPS Rating: 2005-07-14
Really bad Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I bought this product on CD. BIG mistake. The audio levels were such that I had to turn the volume up completely and then hold my hands over my headset to hear the program. Makes copying darned tough! 3 different cd players with or without headphones made no difference.

I tried for about 3 weeks and just cannot get through the 1st CD. I often found that I could not tell if I was hearing dits or dahs because I could find little consistency in the keyed letters or could simply not hear what was being keyed. Some sounded more like a donkey braying than a tone (as if the CDs were copies of a dragging tape).

While the concept of the program sounds good, trying to learn from CDs that I could not hear just did not work and I gave up. I went from zero code to being able to recognize 3 or 4 letters in my 3 week struggle.


W8DMC Rating: 2004-09-05
The ONLY way to learn Time Owned: more than 12 months.
It's real easy troops, when you learn code with the old one approcah application, it takes much longer, and is much more difficult. But, when you apply audio, visual, word association, sensory, and physical perceptions as well as image response, it develops a longer, faster mental imprint, hence you develope the talent to retian both the visual and sound imprint in your mind. After all you only need 5 WPM, then practice and practice, makes for better proveniency, trust me.Doug, W8DMC
N0HK Rating: 2004-09-05
Outstanding Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I used cassette code quick to learn code after getting frustrated with the ARRL tapes. I was able to learn the code to pass 5wpm in about two weeks of 30 minute sessions. 13wpm took another month. The hardest was 20wpm since at that point the sound alikes get distracting.

The plus to the sound alikes is that even after almost two years absence from code, I still remember all of the characters because of the Code Quick.
W6MAV Rating: 2004-04-24
THE BEST!!! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I was able to pass my 5 WPM in just 12 hours of study! First learn the sound alikes, (very easy) then pratice a few QSO's. The next thing you know you've passed your code test. I'm far from the smartest guy in the world, but this really works!

Hint: Just spend a little time every day (best 1 hour).

73, Mike W6MAV.
W4SFC Rating: 2002-12-02
Very good Time Owned: more than 12 months.
For me code quick was a simple and easy way to get the 5 wpm. The sound alike approach provides a simple way of recognizing each character. However, do agree that after a while you remember the QSO's and may question if you understand the code or only know what is coming. When matched with the many options of code practice from www.aa9pw.com (if you are learning code and haven't used this site, USE IT) you can get many more fresh QSO's to practice with and increase your speed at your rate.
K9FE Rating: 2002-12-02
My wife did it! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
About 5 years ago my wife was having trouble getting me a birthday/Christmas present (both in December). I told her all I wanted was for her to get her license. January came and she asked for the tapes and study material. 2 weeks later she passed Novice, Technician and the 5wpm code in less than an hour a night combined study for 2 weeks. ON HER OWN! Code quick teaches you the code as it sounds, not looks. It becomes a language, not a table in your head where you have to lookup the letters.

If you have tried and failed, try code quick...you will pass 5 and jump to 13 in a short time. The only problem is that at 20wpm you still have the silly sound-a-likes in you head. They eventually leave in about 5 years!
KB0ZUC Rating: 2002-12-02
Worked for me Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Passed the 5 wpm test after 13 hours of study. Hard to argue with that. I'm not saying this will work for everyone, but you can do it, if you put your mind to it!
KC9CKW Rating: 2002-11-04
Learned in 12 days Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This is a great product. I learned from no-code to passed my 5 WPM test in 12 days. It really makes it easy. The sound-a-like CDs really did the job and the SW is good also.

One thing that would be better would be the ability to generate MP3 files from the CQ2000 software. Also would like to see the licensing easier. The key is date dependent, and you need one each time you install it. I reloaded my OS and needed to send for a new key.
W0AMT Rating: 2002-06-18
very fine cw prep method Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I found Code Quick difficult at first but after using it for 3 to 4 days it started working. I took me 6 weeks to learn all the FCC characters and that was with daily study. I had 4 other false starts with other cw learning methods. I hit the wall with about 10 characters and couldn't progress past that point. With CQ I was able to learn all the characters and pass the FCC code test the first time on the questions and got only one wrong.