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    From Sean Dennis@1:115/776 to All on Wed Sep 6 09:25:54 2000
    Hello, everyone!

    With my job stabilized and my hours now pretty much set in stone, I'd love to try to get my General class license. My parents now live out in the middle of nowhere in Nevada, but my dad wants to get his license and put up a small tower for 10m.

    Myself, I'm wondering what's the best way to learn code? I've heard pros and cons about all of the methods. I notice there's some old-timers in here (no insult ment-I mean for experience)... what did you do to learn it? I'm very serious about learning it; I also want to get my General Radiotelephone license too (gotta be like my gran'pa :), so knowing the code is going to be something not only outside of ham. I work at WSIU-FM in Carbondale, Illinois, as a volunteer, but I'd also like to be the only other person there, besides the station engineer, to get the general radiotelephone license too. ;)

    Any and all comments are welcome. I'm also reachable at hausmaus@mystica.cx.

    73 DE KD5COL (and still proud to call myself a ham, even if I am sans equipment right now),
    Sean

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  • From Tom Walker@1:202/353 to Sean Dennis on Wed Sep 6 23:35:00 2000
    Myself, I'm wondering what's the best way to learn code? I've heard pros and cons about all of the methods. I notice there's some old-timers
    in here (no insult ment-I mean for experience)... what did you do to
    learn it? I'm very serious about learning it;


    Just rembember Three Things: Practice, Practice, Practice.
    And I would try one of the Computer Programs First.


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  • From Sean Dennis@1:115/776 to Tom Walker on Thu Sep 7 17:35:10 2000
    RE: Re: Morse code learning?
    BY: Tom Walker to Sean Dennis on Thu Sep 07 2000 12:00 am

    Just rembember Three Things: Practice, Practice, Practice.
    And I would try one of the Computer Programs First.

    OK, I'll do that. Any suggestions on which one?

    73,
    Sean
    KD5COL@mystica.cx

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  • From Tom Walker@1:202/353 to Sean Dennis on Sun Sep 10 00:23:00 2000
    Just rembember Three Things: Practice, Practice, Practice. And I would try one of the Computer Programs First.

    OK, I'll do that. Any suggestions on which one?

    I would say get several and see what one clicks with you. Any of the Better BBS's or Ham web sites should have several "Shareware" ones to try.
    Of course when you find the one that Fits please Register it. :-) :-)


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