u/isauinu

I haven't practiced morse code this week due to my internship period starting, i've made 2 previous posts of me documenting my progress when it comes to learning morse code. and honestly... 26 WPM 100% Accuracy in 3 weeks is... impressive. But... i may or may not have touched the limit of my setup when it comes to morse code.

I've been using a laptop keyboard for doing morse code this whole time (Yes literally), i embedded an input overlay just to show how crazy the speed is getting, and i might be entering the limitation of the hardware itself; one of the most prominent struggles i had is... ergonomics, my gosh my hands are dying when it get to this speed, and second is also hardware and software limitation. since i am using a laptop keyboard there's alot of disadvantage when it comes to controlling the timing and speed, like for example how i have to alternate between 2 keys when doing a letter like "C" for example compared to the conventional paddle where you can hold both paddles depending on which key you pressed first without really sacrificing your fingers. and alot of limitations that i could name

I could kind of guess that the theoretical limit for doing morse on a computer keyboard (mine might be a worst case scenario) is around 28-30 WPM (i have absolutely no prior radio experience before hand, i am learning this out of curiosity), and i might try to reach those points on the next week of my progress update

I would appreciate it if anyone had any "cheap" paddle recommendations, or any resources that i could built in by myself, i might gave it a try! and thanks again in advance for any inputs and suggestions

It all started when i wanna change my phone's keyboard settings 2 weeks ago, and then stumbling upon how Gboard (google's keyboard) has the ability to do "Morse code", i got intrigued by that and added the keyboard option and went on with my day. later that day i come back to that Morse keyboard and i... got too invested out of curiosity, i memorized the entire letters in the same day (Thanks to how the keyboard also shows what you're typing and has a help menu), and over the past few days after high school i train my ability to do morse code.

I am interested to know any tips or learn a thing or two on how to improve my speed, i barely trained my "hearing"/copy part which i will do later. But if the community had any i would love to hear about it, Thank you in advance!

(After the video i got 17.3 wpm on my next attempt)