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SLOWLY TYPE THE ALPHABET IN MORSE CODE, WITH A SPACE SHOWING BETWEEN EACH
CHARACTER ON THE SCREEN, BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SEND AT NORMAL SPEED,
WITHOUT ANY SPACING, I WAS BASICALLY JUST CODING A BUNCH OF NONSENSE.  THIS
WAS WHEN I DISCOVERED THE IMPORTANCE OF TIMING.  AFTER PRACTICING SENDING
FOR A WHILE, I VENTURED OVER TO THE EXERCISES MENU, WHICH HAS EXERCISES
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND, HEAR, AND SEND CHARACTERS AND
SPACING WITH THE PROPER TIMING.  YOU CAN SELECT A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS
FROM THE EXERCISES MENU DIT TIME, DAH TIME, DIT DAH PAUSE, WORD WORD PAUSE,
A B PAUSE, AND CANCEL.  EACH OF THESE METHODS HELPS WITH TIMING WITHIN A
SPECIFIC AREA OF SENDING CHARACTERS.  FOR EXAMPLE, SELECTING THE DIT OPTION
SHOWS ME MY SPEED 10 WPM.  I MUST TAP THE STRAIGHT KEY AND IDEALLY PRESS IT
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