Course 2 - Lesson 24 - BTU - Single Element
Channel: Kurt Zoglmann
Date: 2023-08-27

Instant QSO Element Course Series:
This innovative course series teaches you the 100 most common QSO elements using IWR (Instant Word Recognition). Learning these QSO elements will reduce the burden of copying an entire QSO using ICR (Instant Character Recognition).

IWR and ICR are similar. Rather than recognizing the sound patterns of individual characters in ICR, you hear the entire word as a complete sound pattern and instantly identify the word in IWR. (Even if you haven't mastered ICR, you can start this course! Don't be intimidated by the speed. It is entirely doable.)

It is common to use ICR and IWR at the same time. Depending on your ICR proficiency, you may find yourself copying some elements with ICR and IWR simultaneously. With less proficiency, you might only copy with IWR. Don't worry. Either way is acceptable.

Each course will teach the sound pattern of 25 common abbreviations and Q-Codes found in QSOs. For each element introduced, there are four practice sets of increasing difficulty:

• Introduce New Element
• Single Element Repeated 3x
• Single Element
• Two Elements

You only need to listen long enough to get a gist of the QSO element in the Introduction audio file. Feel free to return to it if you need a refresher on that element. The Single Element Repeated 3x will play each element randomly three times before speaking the answer. The single element will play each element once before speaking the answer. The Two Elements audio file will give you two random elements in a row with just enough space between them to quickly speak each answer. (The new element is randomly selected 40% of the time to help you focus and learn it.)

Once you have make it through the 100 lessons and learned the sound pattern of the 25 elements, continue with the "Review Course Elements." Finally, in Courses 2 thru 4, the "Review All Elements" will include elements from all previous course(s). Note that each course is largely independent of each other.

Advice:
It is helpful to work with several lessons in the same practice session and slide down one to three lessons in the next session. For example, if you are working with Lessons 36 thru 41 today, you might work with Lessons 38 thru 43 in tomorrow's practice session.

Make the practice active and speak your answer out loud. Also, try and make a guess on the word, even if you aren’t sure. The attempt and instant feedback will increase your learning efficiency.

If you would like additional speeds or alternative formats, please see the Morse Code Ninja website ( https://morsecode.ninja/learn/index.html#InstantQSOElementCourses ).

I wish you all the best on your Morse code journey!

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