One of the challenges in getting a Grade I licence for HAM radio operation is – sending and receiving morse code. Sending is relatively easier. 12WPM is a little difficult indeed. But if you have a linux machine, you have awesome tools to practice morse code.
Go for cwcp - Cwcp is a curses-based interactive Morse code tutor program. It allows menu selection from a number of sending modes, and also permits character sounding options, such as the tone pitch, and sending speed, to be varied from the keyboard using a full-screen user interface.
If you like x-window, go for xcwcp - Xcwcp is an X-based interactive Morse code tutor program. It lets you choose from a number of options for practice, including sending random characters, random words, and characters from the keyboard. It will also receive Morse code that you send using the keyboard or mouse as a Morse keyer, and display the characters it sees.
In Bangalore, HAM radio licence exams are held in the month of January, April, July and October.
Address of monitoring station:
The Officer-in-Charge
Wireless Monitoring Station, D. O. T,
Ministry of Communications & I.T.
II Floor, Channammanakere Telephone Exchange
II Cross, IInd Main, Vidyapeetha Road,
Bangalore 560085
Karnataka
Tel# 26690102, Fax. 26790300