From wang!elf.wang.com!ucsd.edu!info-hams-relay Tue Mar 26 16:41:21 1991 remote from tosspot Received: by tosspot (1.64/waf) via UUCP; Tue, 26 Mar 91 17:16:30 EST for lee Received: from somewhere by elf.wang.com id aa24141; Tue, 26 Mar 91 16:41:18 GMT Received: from ucsd.edu by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-shadow-mx) id AA02738; Tue, 26 Mar 91 10:44:21 -0500 Received: by ucsd.edu; id AA06047 sendmail 5.64/UCSD-2.1-sun Tue, 26 Mar 91 04:30:33 -0800 for brian Received: by ucsd.edu; id AA06042 sendmail 5.64/UCSD-2.1-sun Tue, 26 Mar 91 04:30:31 -0800 for /usr/lib/sendmail -oc -odb -oQ/var/spool/lqueue -oi -finfo-hams-relay info-hams-list Message-Id: <9103261230.AA06042@ucsd.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 91 04:30:30 PST From: Info-Hams Mailing List and Newsgroup Reply-To: Info-Hams@ucsd.edu Subject: Info-Hams Digest V91 #240 To: Info-Hams@ucsd.edu Info-Hams Digest Tue, 26 Mar 91 Volume 91 : Issue 240 Today's Topics: anybody out there ever fixed a tv Can you really learn code from tapes? Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Info-Hams Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/info-hams". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 25 Mar 91 16:18:08 GMT From: hpfcso!rogerm@hplabs.hpl.hp.com Subject: anybody out there ever fixed a tv To: info-hams@ucsd.edu The ground end of the volume contrlo has likely become disconected or has a bad connection. Roger Mitchell N0MCR ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 91 18:50:55 GMT From: hpfcso!hpfcdc!perry@hplabs.hpl.hp.com Subject: Can you really learn code from tapes? To: info-hams@ucsd.edu >The problem is that after about the third E, R or A in a row your mind >tunes out, it really doesn't need to pay attention. Instead your mind >(ok, at least my mind) switches to a mode where it says "oh, a sound, >write E. oh, a sound, write E", but it doesn't really "listen" to the >sound because your mind knows that it should write E. The secret to learning CW is "conditioned response", just like Pavlov's dogs. The mistake being made here is that you are remembering previous letters, and letting yourself go to sleep. If you continue to remember previous letters received, you'll make all sorts of mistakes. If you hear "thes", think "these", and the word is really "thesis", you'll miss it for sure. What you should be doing is training your hand to write "E" whenever you hear "dit", without your brain getting in the way. There should be no memory of previous letters being received. Yes, it's tougher than it sounds. Only after you've learned all the letters does the objective change to reducing the time between the sound and writing the character. Perry Scott KF0CA ------------------------------ End of Info-Hams Digest ******************************