Morse Code: Breaking the Barrier (Paperback)

~ Dave Finley (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 101 pages
• Publisher: M F J Enterprises Inc; 1 edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891237195
• ISBN-13: 978-1891237195
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #492,195 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title and intro, bt good book, December 5, 2002

By	Clive N. Turner (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found the book very useful in terms of advice and guidance, however there is no actual help in learning the code in the book.

To make this statement clearer, this book serves as an introduction to the method of learning by Koch which seems to cover about 1 1/2 chapters. The rest is spent reviewing Morse history and praising the method, along with a lot of stuff about morse keyers and techniques / watchpoints once the code is learned.

I found it to be a useful book, and I'm glad I bought it - but disappointing and not what I expected from the title and the intro on Amazon pages. Also, I live in Hong Kong and the mentioned support, equipment etc is much harder [read 'impossible'] to find here, than it *probably* is in the US!

Do buy it, there's a lot of good stuff, but beware that it's only a guide to the Koch method and it gets you started on the right path rather than actually teaches any code. Don't expect too much!

Cheers!

8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Report, April 18, 2001

A Kid's Review

I thought the book of 'breaking the morse code' was a really good idea for people to no and learn about as my dad is in the army he no's the morse code of by heart now I no most of it and I think the man who wrote this book derserves a very well done for passing the test after the first time round my dad passed his after sitting the test twice! Thanks for publishing this book it was really cool!!!

10 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Morse Code; Breaking the Barrier <ISBN 1891237195>, February 21, 2000

By A Customer

Great book but needs humor and some technical improvements