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NEXT, WITHIN THE SETTINGS, I CHOSE MY CHARACTER SET.  THE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE
FROM ARE LETTERS ONLY A COMBINATION OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS AND NUMBERS,
LETTERS, AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS.  I STARTED WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS.
FINALLY, IN THE SETTINGS MENU, I SELECTED THE SIDETONE OPTION AND WHICH
TONE I HEARD BEST/LIKED THE MOST.  THE OPTIONS FOR THE SIDETONE ARE FROM
200 TO 1000 HZ, IN 200 HZ INCREMENTS.  I CHOSE 800 HZ FOR MY SIDETONE.  I
BRIEFLY TESTED MY SENDING SKILLS WITH THE CW ELMER.  I PLUGGED A 3D PRINTED
STRAIGHT KEY INTO THE EXT KEY PORT AND FOUND I COULD NAVIGATE THROUGH THE
MENUS WITH THE KEY.  PRACTICE WITH SENDING I ACCESSED THE SEND MENU AND
SELECTED KEY CODE.  IN THIS MENU, I COULD PRACTICE SENDING CHARACTERS.  I
PRACTICED THE ALPHABET FOR A WHILE AND CONFIRMED I COULD USE THE RED BUTTON
AS A STRAIGHT KEY.  I QUICKLY REALIZED ANOTHER ISSUE I HAD BEEN HAVING WITH
MORSE CODE, WHICH WAS THAT MY TIMING WASNT YET PERFECT.  I WAS ABLE TO
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