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MENUS AND SETTINGS I DIDNT READ THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL AT FIRST, BUT THE
FIRST LINE ON THE SCREEN READ CW ELMER, AND THE SECOND LINE FLASHED
MULTIPLE OPTIONS.  EVERY 2 SECONDS, A NEW OPTION APPEARED SETTINGS, SEND,
RECEIVE, OR EXERCISES.  THERE IS A RED BUTTON ON THE SIDE OF THE CW ELMER
THAT HAS MULTIPLE USES, ONE OF WHICH ACCESSES MENUS AND SUB MENUS SEE
FIGURE 6.  IN HINDSIGHT, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ACCESSED THE SETTINGS MENU
FIRST INSTEAD, I ACCESSED THE RECEIVE MENU.  I REBOOTED THE DEVICE A FEW
TIMES TO MAKE CERTAIN WHAT I WAS HEARING WHEN THE CW ELMER SOUNDED OFF THE
INTRODUCTION OF CQ DE CW ELMER.  ULTIMATELY, AT THE SPEED AT WHICH THE CW
ELMER WAS SET, MY BRAIN WAS HAVING TROUBLE SEPARATING SPACING, AND I
COULDNT AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZE CERTAIN TONES.  I MAY HAVE HEARD THE CW
TONE FOR THE LETTER R, BUT I WAS UNCERTAIN THAT THATS WHAT IT WAS, BECAUSE
I WAS UNABLE TO HEAR THE DELAY BETWEEN LETTERS.  I ACCESSED THE SEND MENU
TO BEGIN PRACTICING.  HOWEVER, THIS WAS ALSO WHEN I REALIZED JUST HOW POOR
MY TIMING WAS AT THE DEFAULT SPEED.  BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER, I ACCESSED
THE SETTINGS MENU AND ADJUSTED THE SPEED.  THE DEFAULT SPEED TURNED OUT TO
BE 15 WPM, WHICH I THOUGHT I WAS DOING REALLY WELL WITH, ESPECIALLY WHEN
SENDING.  I DO REMEMBER BEING TOLD TO SEND ONLY AS FAST AS I COULD RECEIVE.
BECAUSE I HAD TO LISTEN AND RESTART THE CW ELMER MULTIPLE TIMES WITH PRETTY
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