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SUMMARY OF PROGRAMMING COMMANDS

COMMAND

PRESS

WHERE NN EQUALS

Tone Increase

(hold)

Tone Decrease

(hold)

Solid Tone (For sending practice)

(

halts)

Character Speed Setting

*6NN

18 to 99 WPM (Programmed to start
at 20 WPM)

Delay between letters or groups

*7NN

0.1 to 9.9 seconds (Programmed to start
at 3.0 seconds.)

One Character Only

NN#1

Character (trial) number

Random number of characters

NN#0

Character (trial) number

in groups

Specific number of characters

NN#N

NN = Character (trial) number
N = 2 to 9 characters in groups (student
should be competent with groups of five
before adding new characters)

New characters are weighted

NN#N

Same as above

50 % of the time against all
previous characters learned
(which are weighted equally)

Halt training session or mode

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Summary of Contents for BT-1

Page 1: ...1 Advanced Electronic Applications Inc INSTRUCTION MANUAL AEA BASIC MORSE TRAINER Model BT 1 BT1P P O Box C2160 Bldg O P 2006 196th SW Lynnwood Wa 98036 0918 206 775 7373 Telex 152571 AEA INTL ...

Page 2: ...ose at hand for quick reference during the operation of your unit The AEA Basic Trainer can help a student achieve good copying proficiency in the shortest pos sible time By establishing two 20 to 30 minute study period each day the average student can de velop an ability to copy the Morse code at approximately 20 WPM after four weeks of study It is very important to maintain a well disciplined sc...

Page 3: ...wer 5 2 Hand Key 5 3 Earphone 5 CHECK OUT PROCEDURE 1 General Function 6 2 Code Sending Practice 6 3 Trainer Function 6 ABOUT OUR TEACHING METHOD 7 RECOMMENDED LEARNING PROCEDURE 7 CHARACTER SEQUENCE CHART 10 LEARNING TO SEND MORSE CODE 12 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM 13 SUMMARY OF PROGRAMMING COMMANDS 14 ...

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Page 5: ...into a 117 VAC outlet and the output cord into the BT 1P power input connector With the BT 1P power switch in the OFF position allow the batteries to charge a few minutes Now turn the unit on an press any button with the volume nearly fully advanced clockwise and note that you get some tones Now turn the power switch off and allow the BT 1P to charge uninterrupted for 14 hours The BT 1P is suppose...

Page 6: ...1 Press to clear any previous instructions to the trainer 2 Press 01 1 01 1 01 1 and note that the unit starts sending dididadit Morse character F a 3 second space dididadit etc 3 Press to halt 4 Press 650 650 650 You have just entered a character speed of 50 WPM Now repeat 01 1 01 1 01 1 and note that you still hear dididadit but much higher rate of speed 50 WPM instead of 20 WPM Press to halt th...

Page 7: ...ilitate this learning tech nique the minimum programmable speed on the Basic Trainer is as 18 WPM character speed Each character is taught separately by repetition The student progresses only after he is confi dent he knows the letters being presented by the BT 1 After the first letter F in this case is learned a student may progress to the letter K Upon learning K the student activates the comput...

Page 8: ...g the way Others may show great difficulty at first but find that the new charac ters become easier and easier to learn We recommend that you try to spend each 20 30 minute practice session of learning and prac ticing one new character You will first start by hearing the character all by itself in groups of one and practice writing it down until you feel totally comfortable with it Also you should...

Page 9: ...d to 02 2 02 2 02 2 Your copy should now resemble FK FK KF FF KK 4 Later progressing through groups of three four and five you are ready for a break before start ing the next character to be learned in a like manner Note that you should be sure to follow the exact sequence of character presentation outlined above or you will otherwise be presented with characters not yet learned or practiced You w...

Page 10: ...4 15 5 16 A 16 1 16 2 16 3 16 4 16 5 17 J 17 1 17 2 17 3 17 4 17 5 18 O 18 1 18 2 18 3 18 4 18 5 19 E 19 1 19 2 19 3 19 4 19 5 20 R 20 1 20 2 20 3 20 4 20 5 21 S 21 1 21 2 21 3 21 4 21 5 22 G 22 1 22 2 22 3 22 4 22 5 23 N 23 1 23 2 23 3 23 4 23 5 24 L 24 1 24 2 24 3 24 4 24 5 25 V 25 1 25 2 25 3 25 4 25 5 26 I 26 1 26 2 26 3 26 4 26 5 This completes the alphabet Be sure you can copy these accurate...

Page 11: ...2 4 42 5 43 AR 43 1 43 2 43 3 43 4 43 5 44 SK 44 1 44 2 44 3 44 4 44 5 45 BK 45 1 45 2 45 3 45 4 45 5 46 KN 46 1 46 2 46 3 46 4 46 5 The remainder of the characters are optional Their usage in amateur radio is limited 47 Hyphen 48 Exclamation 49 Understood 50 Semicolon 51 Colon 52 Parenthesis 53 Apostrophe 54 Quotation 55 CH Spanish 56 Ñ Spanish 57 É È 58 Ö German 59 Ü German 60 Ä German 61 Á À Â ...

Page 12: ...and key proficiently no matter how hard they try People who have gone directly to a Morse electronic keyer and paddle set have done so well that previous opinions about starting with a hand key are in serious question Regardless of the type key or keyer used it is very important that the student develop the proper sending rhythm so that his fist is easily read by other stations on the air A good f...

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Page 14: ...ds One Character Only NN 1 NN 1 NN 1 Character trial number Random number of characters NN 0 NN 0 NN 0 Character trial number in groups Specific number of characters NN N NN N NN N NN Character trial number N 2 to 9 characters in groups student should be competent with groups of five before adding new characters New characters are weighted NN N NN N NN N Same as above 50 of the time against all pr...

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