Monthly Archives: February 2014

I’ve started reading The Complete DX’er by Bob Locher W9KNI and I have to admit it is getting me fired up.

It is clear however that my 10wpm CW isn’t going to cut it.  A few days ago I said my goal is 25wpm.  That’s probably going to be the minimum.

Fortunately, my code speed is coming back pretty quickly.  I’m now copying almost comfortably at 15wpm. One thing that seems to help is that I’ve got AA9PW’s iPhone/iPad app on my iPad and it is forcing me to copy code without writing it down.

In my last post I mentioned that I need to get my code speed back up after a five month absence. I love AA9PW’s Morse Code Practice Page. It lets you set the character speed, inter-character spacing, and provides tons of practice options.

Before the break I was comfortably copying 15wpm at a character speed of 20wpm. I tried it again today and I haven’t lost much.  I can still very easily copy at 10wpm with a character sped of 15wpm. That means that within a week or so I’ll be back to where I was before the break.

My goal for 2014 is to copy at 25wpm.

For the last five months of 2013 my professional workload was really high. Almost every waking hour was spent heads down at the keyboard.  As a result my CW speed went to pot.  I’ve GOT to get it back up.