How I Would Learn Morse Code (If I Could Start Over) - Half Hour of Kilowatt Power Ep.19
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- What's the best way to learn morse code? It's like learning another language right?
G'day/Kia Ora bro! Your favorite Kiwi/Aussie combo are back and in this episode we'll sit back, crack a few jokes and talk about how to learn morse code (CW) from the viewpoint of an experienced operator (yes Chris).
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Listen to the Fellas doing WWFF Sota Pota, its a basic contact Call Sign, RST and pretty much thats about it. It's a good way to get on the Air.
Loving this CW series. I so want to learn morse. I did a VK2 SOTA activation last weekend with a ham who could talk, copy and send at the same time. So cool.
The timing is called the "cadence" of the morse. Some operators are harder or easier to understand depending on what your're used to hearing. Kind of like people who slur words or speak faster or slower. Your ability will emerge over time. Great show on a great mode. With a modest antenna and 100w, cw has given me the most satisfaction. Also, I have found cw ops work hard to log stations in poor conditions. 73 from NJ fellas and stay warm.
Thanks for watching and the tips 👍
@@HamRadioDX hope to qso with you fellas soon.
@@hotroddinwillie2364 I think of each letter and at faster speeds, as a groove. That said, I’m a bass player. I think in terms of rhythms, and love playing and writing complex syncopated stuff in breakdowns and grooves
I 100% agree With 50% of you
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Fantastic chat guys, I learnt a lot, cheers.
I earned my extra class license when 20 WPM was required. I did it by listening to common words at 35 WPM. I left ham radio in 2016, but have recently started back. It’s amazing that within 2 weeks I’m copying at 30 WPM. I would recommend using Morse Code Ninja and reading his recommendation as to how to study. It’s like learning a second language. Anyway that’s my 2 cents worth. N5RI
Kurt has some of the best resources. I only ever got my aussie Novice at 5 WPM. Once I got my license, I never bothered save one disastrous QSO.
Recently got my license reinstated after 25 years QRT and jumped back in to pretty much all CW. I’m still not great, but I have been working on head copy pretty much since I got back into radio again.
I would also start listening to speeds much faster than I could copy, around 35 WPM then, once I was picking out certain characters, I’d slow down 3-5WPM at a time until I got to where I was able to copy.
Currently around 15WPM copy though I can go higher if it’s a canned QSO, but still a little out of practice as I haven’t been on the air for a few months. Too much time with a guitar in my hand
DE VK2NAP
I had to turn on the subtitles for the 🥝. 🤣 It was a great program, though.
@12:30, "copying is the problem", just send PLS QRS 10WPM (or whatever speed you can copy easily.)
To add, CW is a spoken language that I think you have to learn like any other language. In the case of CW learn the sounds of the letters and numbers, learn what the abbreviations and Q codes mean, then just start listening to on the air to CW. Practice copying as much as you can and keep listening and practicing until you can pretty much follow the conversation. Forget about teaching methods that use written or printed dots and dashes, they're short and long audio tones not dots and lines. Otherwise you'll slow yourself down trying to mentally convert those tones to written symbolizations of them and vice-versa.
@@jaym1301 my opening reply when I started was
GE TNX FER CALL
NEW TO CW SO PSE GO EZ HI HI
and on with the signal report
Still very ordinary, but it’s more than 90% of my on air activity
For CW here in ‘Straya listen on 7025KHz during the day. That’s the de facto daytime call frequency. Most of the time, they’ll shift up 3KHz or down 5KHz. Mostly rag chew around 18-20WPM but they’ll slow down if you send slower than they’re calling.
SKCC has some slower stations on and around 7055KHz in the evening. Worked a few state side stations there.
Occasionally you’ll hear some state side slow CW in the old US Novice segment between 7110 and 7120. Again, mostly SKCC folk.
SKCC is Straight Key Century Club and they use mechanical keys, straight keys, bugs and side swipers. Highly recommended to join if you’re looking at starting out on CW
On the learning CW discussion, I have learn it up to 5 wpm in the past but I have spoke to guys who can receive CW at ridiculous speeds and they don't hear it a character at a time, they hear whole words like the spoken word.
Literally like a different language.
You’ll start to hear that at above 15WPM. Most of the aussie rag chew is between 18-20WPM
You’ll already hear things like CQ, BT (break) and 73 as “words”. It just takes time. I’ve been practicing head copy since I got back in to ham radio, and hardly write anything down while practicing, it’s not easy, but it’s made a big difference where I can operate CW mobile while driving and have a canned QSO with a short bit of rag chew, though I’ve done 30 minutes rag chew with VK4TJ on the way to a gig.
Absolutely correct. But, like anything it takes time and effort. Once you get there, it is worth it particularly for QSOs in marginal conditions.
Another good show, boys.
#TeamReplay FTW
Team Replay! And FWIW, I - A tourist - enjoyed many VBs when I was in Australia about a hundred years ago.
You’ve been here? Where did you visit?
@@HamRadioDX November 2001. My mom wanted to visit and she hates traveling alone, so I get taken on vacation a lot. I AM OK WITH THIS. It was a 15 day tour, started and ended in Sydney. Had a blast, but we were moving so fast we really didn't get enough time anywhere. I won't book tours anymore because of that. Stopped in Sydney, Alice Springs, and Cairns. That's what I recall. Did a wine tour when in Sydney that was a HUGE blast. There was wine, obvi, had some kangaroo, which was meh, and the wine tour also included time under an actual dark sky. That view was worth the trip all by itself. I've been wanting to come back every since, but just haven't managed it.
Actually, the dark sky thing was actually when we were returning from visiting Uluru. Not sure how I left that out! Stayed at some resort near the national park, but I can't recall the name of it.
It's hot as ball sacks on s**t on a shingle here. I'm looking forward to winter. Are you going to stream part of your 24Hr contest so Joe Brett can get more demeaning screen grabs at hour 23? I love these morse code streams.
That sounds super great buddy hope your balls come out OK.
Bro I'm going to be streaming the ENTIRE 24 hours... going the full monty... well not in the literal sense, but you know what I mean. The only question is whether to split the streams so people can enjoy the replay later or not :D
@@HamRadioDX The answer is yes!!! I'll be watching!
What are the paddles in the thumbnail, i've been looking for that exact one, I had it years ago and can't remember
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Been learning intermittently at about 15wpm. I might start over and try at 20-25, as I do find I'm still counting the dits and dahs, beyond "CQ" and "VK". Although I've kinda chunked those as a word each rather than the individual letters... oops.
Also I shortened my name on here after seeing how long it was a few videos ago hahaha.
Awesome! I must get started. It's on my to-do list
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