[CQ] Learning CW?

[Michael Shiloh]

it was a typical *nix project: python twitter feed access, C 
text-to-morse code program, standard utility which beeps for different 
durations, all wrapped in a shell script which made dots be short beeps 
and dashes be long beeps

i have it somewhere

Meredith L. Patterson wrote:
> One of my colleagues at school and I were studying for our Tech exams at 
> the same time, so we practiced CW by typing it at each other over IM. 
> Worked surprisingly well -- I passed my CW the first time out -- but I'm 
> way out of practice and want to get back into it.
> 
> The twitter-to-morse script sounds incredibly rad. Greasemonkey script, 
> or something else?
> 
> Cheers,
> --mlp, KC0SJH
> 
> Michael Shiloh wrote:
>> 1. implement my "twitter-to-morse code" script
>> 2. practice listening to your twitter feed instead of reading it
>> 3. increase speed as you get better
>>
>> Note: this is completely untested. you'd be my first Guinea_pig.
>>
>>
>> Josh Myer wrote:
>>> Who knows morse code?  How did you ever learn it? 
>>>
>>> I have yet to find a good technique; I'm considering putting together a 
>>> bunch of sample files, then teaching myself two letters at a time: . vs 
>>> -, then . - vs . ., (ie: always one dit or dah different between the two 
>>> characters).
>>>
>>> Thanks for any tips you older hands may have for a new guy!
>>> -- 
>>> Josh Myer 650.248.3796
>>> josh at joshisanerd.com <mailto:josh at joshisanerd.com>
>>>
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