I personally believe that most effective way to speed up CW receiving is by practicing ICR (Instant Character Recognition). This method has had the largest effect on my receiving. Even short practices seem to have noticeable effect.
I previously released iOS App for this and now it is available as web based. Remember to use physical keyboard!
Go a head and try it! Post your results too!
What is ICR you might think. It's end result is that one instantly "thinks" of character after the sound-chain (of dits/dahs) is heard. Like in a split second, immediately.
The faster your brains "decrypt" the sound-series, the faster you can receive. Or in other words: the easier it gets.
And the key is: keep the WPM enough high that you cannot count dits/dahs. 20 is absolutely minimum and 25 is more like it.
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