Subj : Test
To : Russell Tiedt
From : Craig Healy
Date : Wed Apr 04 2001 02:27 pm
-> ->> ..maybe I will get off my butt
-> ->> and get myself a ticket, 5 words a minute morse, should not be
-> ->> too difficult..
->
-> CH> Nope. Should be able to get that down in a short time.
->
-> Code practice as in recieved over the air is not a possibility as I c
-> don't have any equipment. But I do have thee audio tape cassettes for
-> code practice, which I have not had time to use recently as I am busy
-> rebuilding my system after WINNT and a Linux gotha I missed trashed a
-> partions, a sorry state of affairs..
Ouch! Problem I found with the tapes is that you eventually memorize
them. I have a great old Heathkit morse keyboard with a random practice
mode. I'd bet there are many programs, even DOS, for code practice. I
wrote one years ago for the old TI-99/4A. The machine was so slow it
couldn't send over about 13wpm..
-> CH> I don't know the testing regimen, but 5wpm shouldn't be hard.
->
-> I believe that one has to send at 5wpm for three minutes and recieve
-> a message correctly sent a 5wpm over a 5 minute interval.
5wpm is almost lobotomy speed. Should be able to do that pretty
quickly.
-> Over the years I have aquired enough manuals for the learning part, n
-> need to get an updated version of the new Laws of the Land
-> regulating Ham Radio in ZA land. These have changed since I last
-> looked into getting a HAM Radio Lisence.
Must be something on the web, somewhere. Does your local radio society
have a web site?
