A Princess of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

(Morse code translation by Wayne Gary, W5WLG)


Welcome to my Morse code rendition of Edgar Rice Burrough's "A Princess of Mars". This book is out of copyright, and was downloaded from the Project Gutenberg website as a plain ASCII text file. The Project Gutenberg license has also been included in the file LICENSE.TXT. Please take the time to read this license. My work here is an adaptation from the text files prepared by Howard Pepper, AC4FS. I cannot espress enough how thankful I am for the work he has done.

While his work is using the Koch method at code speeds of 25/12 to 25/25. My approach is no farnsworth with code speed matching effective speed. I am including three different speeds for each chapter. If you would like other speeds you can use the text files and create other mp3 files with this app that I used.

https://lcwo.net/text2cw

The Forword is actually part of the novel. I would have called it Chapter 1.

The speeds that I have are as follows:

16, 18, 20 WPM Forward and Chapters 1-5 66 Parts - 198 mp3 files
18, 20, 22 WPM Chapters 6-11 62 Parts - 186 mp3 files
20, 22, 24 WPM Chapters 12-17 67 Parts - 201 mp3 files
22, 24, 26 WPM Chapters 18-23 53 Parts - 159 mp3 files
24, 26, 28 WPM Chapters 24-28 28 Parts - 84 mp3 files
Total 276 Parts - 828 mp3 files

Open ACCESS.HTML to access A Princes of Mars files.

Open Table of Contents.html to open chapter folders.

I'm doing this project to practice and improve my own head copy. But I am including 16 and 18 WPM for those who are still using a stick. Personally, at 18 WPM I can't read my handwriting. Head copy is my only solution.

I practice one part per day. This is a long term project, for me 276 days. I use the text file as sending practice at my confortable speed. This gives me the story without having perfect head copy. Then I practice head copy at all three speed. Example: I copy 20, then 18, then 16 and then back to 18 then 20. I don't want to get into a rut of being able to copy at only one speed.

I'm practicing using a philosophy from Long Island CW Club project overlearn. The idea is not to worry about recognizing every word but to relax and listen to the flow and hear every character. Word recognition will come with patience. At first you will miss most words. Just don't worry about it, just let it go. What is important is listening to every character and keeping the flow.

I've been a member of Long Island CW club for about two years and I highly recommend it. All during the days and evenings there are multiple activities for all levels, from the absolute beginner to the most advanced. If you are interested, here is the link to their website.

https://longislandcwclub.org

I hope you find the material presented here useful in your CW path. And do check out LICW. You will get to know other club members and we all share our esperences in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.

iPhone user may import the folders directly into iTunes. Included in the folders are playlists that may also be imported into iTunes.

73, Wayne Gary
W5WLG
w5wlg@yahoo.com