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I came across an unusual Morse Code training link on the web but haven’t explored it in any depth. You may want to look at their website and read up on their training philosophy.
The technique involves having a story read to you “one letter at a time” and letting your mind translate the letter series back into words you comprehend. As your brain adjusts to this type of audio you can instruct their tool to start substituting a list of letters you want to hear sent in Morse code in place of some of the vocalized letters. Eventually you expand your list to include the entire alphabet. You also get to select the sending speed.
The website states that they charge for this service, but you can try it for one week for free.
Try MorseFusion.com if you wish to give it a try.
It’s a different technique so likely will take some time to gain the necessary familiarity. While I haven’t worked with it, I like the approach because when your sending you’re spelling out the words that you want to send in your head, and sending them as you spell them.
Might be worth a try…..
I was an instructor in the Navy teaching Morse Code to potential Communications Technicians back in the early 70’s. One activity we found very useful was to encourage students sound out the code, either verbally or in their heads, whenever possible: When you see a stop sign, spell it out in code “dit-dit-dit, dah, dah-dah-dah, dit-dah-dah-dit. (stop first, of course). Do the same with a newspaper headline every morning, at work when you see a sign on the wall, the numbers on a clock, etc…. You get the idea. We found that students that used this technique learned the letters quicker than those who just put it out of mind until the next class.
Well…
It says “this transition takes a few hundred million years, but once the Sun completely crosses this Rubicon of middle age, it will remain magnetically inactive for the rest of its hydrogen-burning life.”
I am not sure how close our Sun is to middle age & it might have been nice if Forbes mentioned this in the article.
Ari WB1ABC
Along the same vein of conversation:
Greg, I looked up the Alpha-Delta arresters you use: They allow DC voltage through. In Fred’s blog, the PolyPhase ones block DC. So my question is which is the better investment? Like all things, I am betting the answer is “it depends”, but I’m looking for the caveats following that statement.
The only thing I could think regarding why you want to allow DC through is if one has some antenna switching setup that sends a control voltage to the outside box to switch the ports. I don’t know if that is typical in practice to encounter, however.
The price point between the Alpha-Delta and PolyPhase isn’t enormous, so I’m really just curious about which ones seems best for just getting started. As a sidenote which may be helpful, I may have 3 antennas (maybe 4) by the end of the summer.
Thanks for all help and 73,
Brian (AB1ZO)
Along the same vein of conversation:
Greg, I looked up the Alpha-Delta arresters you use: They allow DC voltage through. In Fred’s blog, the PolyPhase ones block DC. So my question is which is the better investment? Like all things, I am betting the answer is “it depends”, but I’m looking for the caveats following that statement.
The only thing I could think regarding why you want to allow DC through is if one has some antenna switching setup that sends a control voltage to the outside box to switch the ports. I don’t know if that is typical in practice to encounter, however.
The price point between the Alpha-Delta and PolyPhase isn’t enormous, so I’m really just curious about which ones seems best for just getting started. As a sidenote which may be helpful, I may have 3 antennas (maybe 4) by the end of the summer.
Thanks for all help and 73,
Brian