I had a tape another ham had given me of the 100 most frequently used
words in the English language sent with about 20 wpm character speed and
13 wpm spacing.  It did also have some ham specific terms thrown in as
well.  Unfortunately I cannot lay my hands on it now but it should not
be difficult to prepare a computer program that would randomly generate
practice sessions in this manner for study.  

Thank you!

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>>> [log in to unmask] 4/28/2006 9:12:21 AM >>>
Yes.  I met him once when I was a young boy and talked with him briefly
a 
couple of times several years later.

He grew up in a town not too far from where I lived, and my dad met him

through a ham friend who lived in the same town.

As you say, his method seems quite effective for many people, and I
found it 
helpful.  He emphasized recognizing sound patterns--hearing the
character as 
a whole and not taking it apart dit-by-dit and dah-by-dah.  Then
recognizing 
word patterns--the rhythm of the word
"time" for instance.

Anyway, I would kind of like to have a set of those records just for 
nostalgia's sake.

73.

Mike, K9AZS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 8:59 AM
Subject: farnsworth and CW


> So Farnsworth was blind?
> That's an interesting bit of history...i didn't know that.
> Its a very popular method these days and worked very well for me.
> I find that i cannot send code accurately at the slow character rate

> because
> its just...too slow and agonizing, but controlling the spacing
between
> characters is much
> easier....I will send five words a minute, but at about a 13 word per

> minute
> character speed.
> Its easier to copy code that way too since you get used to the way
> characters sound instead of with the slow dits and dahs and trying to
put
> them all together.
> This only becomes a problem of course when the contesters begin to
send 
> code
> at a 55 WPM character speed and 20 WPM spacing lol
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>
>