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SFI 125
SN 85
A 7
K 2 Quiet
X-Ray C1.9
Wind 445.8 km/s
Aurora 2
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Day 80/40m Fair 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Fair
Night 80/40m Good 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Poor

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Morse Practice & Speed Building

Discuss Morse code drills, copying practice, sending accuracy, head copy, and building faster CW speed.

  1. struggling to get past 5wpm on morse, any tips for actually making progress?

    Paul Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 26 views
    Robert Martinez

  2. struggling to break past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Michael Brown79,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Jessica Wilson66

  3. struggling to get past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Michael Barnes,
    • 1 reply
    • 67 views
    Emily Thomas17

  4. going from 5wpm to 20wpm — what actually worked for you?

    Kenneth Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 53 views
    Kenneth Davis

  5. struggling to get past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Melissa Baker,
    • 1 reply
    • 97 views
    QRP Guy

  7. struggling to get past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    David Anderson74,
    • 1 reply
    • 47 views
    David Anderson74

  8. struggling to break past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Carlos Silva,
    • 1 reply
    • 49 views
    Jessica Miller

  9. struggling to get past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Steven Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 89 views
    Mark Johnson

  10. going from 5wpm to 20wpm — what actually worked for you?

    Bob Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 33 views
    Bob Martinez

  11. going from 5wpm to 20wpm — what actually worked for you?

    Jessica Miller89,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Tom Anderson

  13. stuck at 5wpm for months, how do people actually get to 20

    David Williams99,
    • 1 reply
    • 30 views
    Brian Taylor

  14. struggling to get past 5wpm on CW, any tips that actually worked for you?

    Sarah Garcia,
    • 1 reply
    • 54 views
    Ashley Anderson73

  15. struggling to get past 13wpm, anyone else hit this wall?

    Maria Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 30 views
    Emily White

  16. struggling to get past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Michael O'Brien,
    • 1 reply
    • 95 views
    Brazil Ham

  17. Koch Method vs Slow Speed - What Worked for Your 20WPM Journey?

    Robert Chen,
    • 2 replies
    • 191 views
    Ahmed Hassan

  19. Struggling with Koch method at 18/5 - advice needed

    Radio Geek,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Michael Brown

  20. struggling to get past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Jennifer Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 147 views
    Jennifer Davis

  21. struggling to get past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Karen Walker,
    • 1 reply
    • 69 views
    Emily Thomas74

  22. struggling to push past 13wpm, been stuck here for months

    Jessica Nakamura,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    Lisa Thompson

  23. Struggling with the 5-13wpm plateau - Koch method not clicking?

    Robert Taylor83,
    • 2 replies
    • 163 views
    Carlos Gutierrez

  25. finally committed to learning CW properly — how did you guys get past the slow hump

    Kevin O'Brien,
    • 1 reply
    • 1 view
    Kevin O'Brien

  26. stuck at 13wpm for like 3 months now, any tips to get past this?

    Jennifer Wu,
    • 1 reply
    • 8 views
    Jennifer Walsh53

  27. going from 5wpm to 20wpm - what actually worked for you?

    Jessica Wilson66,
    • 1 reply
    • 8 views
    Jennifer Wu

  28. struggling to push past 13wpm, anyone else hit this wall?

    Amanda Williams49,
    • 1 reply
    • 13 views
    Sarah Kim

  29. going from 5wpm to 20wpm - how long did it actually take you

    Lisa Rodriguez91,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    Diana Washington

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