For anyone who is interested in learning CW, Russ Farnsworth developed a teaching method that is still in use even by the computer programs that teach cw today. He was also a blind ham. I never met him, but I did meet his friend Dave Rutlidge. I believe I remember Dave saying that he and Russ were roommates at the Illinois School for the Blind. Now, here is your chance to download a bit of ham radio history. K5XU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert M. Kimbrell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:16 PM Subject: [QRP-L] The Real Russ Farnsworth All this talk about learning Morse Code caused me to make a trip to my basement to dig out the original Russ Farnsworth LP's from 1959. I digitized the audio and made highly compressed mp3 files (88/1) and they still sound pretty good although Russ is a little bassy but perfectly understandable. You can get them here: http://kimbrell.freeshell.org/farnsworth.html and you can read about other famous people who used this method here: http://n1su.com/c31.htm I have also made full fidelity CD's for the car or home CD player. I think they are good for anybody just starting out because Russ is very interactive with the listener. I'm sure he was a great Elmer - very encouraging to the student. I haven't been very successful at finding much information about Mr. Farnsworth which is strange because people have been referring to the "Farnsworth Method" for over 50 years! Enjoy! 72/73 DE W0AO (Formerly W7KU) Bob Bob Kimbrell W0AO Kansas City, MO [log in to unmask] http://kimbrell.freeshell.org/ SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ______________________________________________________________ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[log in to unmask] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3261 - Release Date: 11/16/10