Hi, I downloaded this program from the g4fon site, but am having
trouble with the strange layout. You mension a blog that talks about
how to work it.
Can one of you guys send me a link to the blog?
Thanks, and have a great night.
Zach

On 6/5/13, Deborah Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So I really really like the Koch trainer from g4Fon, and should
> probablywrite up a review for HandiHams, because it was not one of the
> resources that Pat recently mentioned in his blog post.
>
> In all fairness, I didn't start at ground zero, I already copy fairly
> reliably at 15WPM. But I decided to start as if I'd never learned so I
> could
> erase that blasted lookup table in my head. And just like typing, those
> reflexes are kicking in.
>
> On Kelvin's blog, I've also entered a comment which I am going to repeat
> below. He has a great MP3 walk-through of the program. If you know blind
> hams who want to learn CW and not struggle to try out lots of mostly
> inaccessible software, this one is it!
>
>
> ***
> Thanks for telling me about this program. I've discovered a few things. 1)
> you have to fiddle with the "effective" and the "actual" speed for your
> particular copying skill. For me setting one of them to 20 and the other to
> 10 worked best. Wish he had some better terminology, as I can never
> remember
> the difference between "effective" and "actual" and keep reversing them in
> my mind. Also the tab order for the settings is illogical; he should at
> least put effective and actual near each other in tab order, since I keep
> messing with those settings. 2) The delay is set to zero. Go in to settings
> and change it to 3, so you have time to alt-tab to another application to
> input your results. For example, I go to Notepad to type in the characters
> I
> think I'm hearing it send. 3) No keyboard access to the Start, stop and
> finish buttons. But (4) You can also download the KochRX.ZIP from his site,
> which enables you to have better keyboard control. Once I copied that to
> the
> Koch Morse Trainer directory, I could run KochRX instead. KochRX has an
> edit
> box for you to type in the characters you hear and a button to compare with
> the code sent. It has buttons to run the G4FON trainer, to stop and start
> the CW and to erase the edit box for the next practice session. Note that I
> successfully ran both the trainer and the helper KochRX program in Windows
> 7
> 64-bit and Windows XP. I have none of the sound card stutter problems he
> says many users report, and it works great with JAWS! After just 24 hours,
> I'm already copying many characters at 30WPM!!!
>
>
>
> --Debee [KF6BKR]
>
>
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