5wpm is certainly OK to start with, but it doesn't take very long to read at that speed. They had rather harsh teaching methods at Wray Castle. One the very first morse lecture, the code was put on the blackboard and we were told that we would be kept there until we knew it! I had learned it at the scout, so they let me out immediately! For theory, we had a weekly test, and anyone getting less than 60% in it was shut in a lecture room between 1900 and 2100 each night for compulsory study. That was a great incentive! I doubt if I would have qualified at all in any other radio college! I am third from the right on the front row.
Bob
Bob
