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START LEARNING
Be sure to write down exactly what you hear as you practice. BE SURE to put the spaces in
their proper place so that it becomes a good habit. Start your training in the following manner.
1. Start with
01#1
01#1
01#1
. Your copy should look like F F F F F . . . . .
2. After you are comfortable with writing the letter F each time you hear dididahdit, select
01#2
01#2
01#2
and write it down so that it looks like FF FF FF FF . . . . .
3. Similarly, select
01#3
01#3
01#3
, Your copy should resemble FFF FFF FFF FFF FFF . . . . .
4. After proceeding through
01#4
01#4
01#4
and
01#5
01#5
01#5
in a similar manner, you are ready for the
next character.
SESSION TWO
1. Press
01#5
01#5
01#5
and confirm that you can copy solid. Press # to halt.
2. Press
02#1
02#1
02#1
and write K K K K K . . . . .
3. After you are familiar with writing K each time you hear dadidah, proceed 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 will also
note that each new character is weighted approximately 50 % of the time against all the previous
characters you have learned.
Continue this process through the character sequence shown on page 10. Be sure you follow
the exact sequence shown. The first 26 characters are alphabetic, the 27th through the 36th char-
acters are numerals. Following this, the 37th through the 46th characters are common punctuation
and amateur radio ciphers. The 48th through the 61st characters are uncommon punctuation and
Spanish/German alpha characters. For most students, the first 46 characters will fulfill their needs
in Morse code operation.
