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   From: gsm@mendelson.com   
      
   Jeff wrote:   
   > The main problem I have with morse is   
   > synchronization...   
   > by that I mean, I can learn the tones, but at some point I can't   
   > distinguish   
   > a dit from a dah, and then I lose track of where I am in a character   
   > and it   
   > all seems to mix together...need more practice.   
      
   There are various methods for doing that. Code Quick converts the   
   character into words which makes it processed in a different part   
   of your brain.   
      
   After 29 years of trying unsucessfully to learn morse code by being   
   beeped at, I learned it in a few months with code quick. At my peak,   
   I was able to copy 35 wpm.   
      
   Jerry Zilliak, KB6MT, produced a high speed words course in the   
   1980's which once I learned with code quick, helped me get up there.   
   He still sells it.   
      
   Code is no longer required for a (U.S.) license, so that should   
   not stop you from getting on the air. You can learn good operating   
   procedure, how to find and contact DX stations and so on with SSB.   
      
   Once you get your code speed up to a reliable, accurate 5 wpm, you   
   can move to CW, and build your speed on the air.   
      
   As for an antenna, a random wire would do for a start.   
      
   73,   
      
   Geoff.   
      
      
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