LESSONS IN MORSE
* (11) Some Points To Watch *%
HE following is a draft of signalling lesson No. 11 broadcast from Stations 2YC, 1ZM, and 3YL at 10 p.m. on November 18, 19 and 20. It was stated by the instructor that as personal supervision of the progress of the trainees in sending could not be given it was not possible for little faults which may be developing to be corrected. It was requested that trainees keep rigidly to the methods outlined in previous lessons
and that most important of all the correct keying position be maintained at all times. Learners were requested not to do the following: Don’t grip the key-just use a light pressure. Don’t let your fingers wander all over the knob of the key. Don’t run your letters or words together. Don’t clip the last dashes of letters, Don’t split the characters of a letter. Don’t try to send too fast. The following matters should be re« membered: ‘ Always keep your forearm at the same level as the key lever. Try at all times to keep your arm muscles relaxed. Endeavour to develop rhythm, A free vertical wrist action is essen« tial. The rest of the lesson was taken up in receiving practice, jumbled letters, figures and plain-language being transmitted.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 74, 22 November 1940, Page 21
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