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BUSTING 10 MYTHS ABOUT MORSE CODE
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- There are lots of myths out there about Morse Code (CW) that discourage people from learning the code and taking part in a popular ham radio past time. I take a look at 10 of them.
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Keith . . . you absolutely define the word Elmer.
Thank for your comment. Very much appreciated
Just the video I needed. I learned code in 1994 when I licensed, primarily to keep my mentor happy, he was a radio operator in the navy during WW2 and always told me I would be glad I did.
He was right, I bought a Lab 599 along with the key that mounts to the chassis, an EFHW, mast, and a Bioenno battery because now, in my older years I want to start doing POTA and SOTA activities to stay active.
My main issue has been fear because I'm a little rusty, I guess I can just picture all the other code guys sitting around in their birthday suits knocking out code and try not to break out laughing!
That is so true. I was the same back in 1989-90. Needed it, hated it and didn’t use it until 2023 when I was doing POTA on ssb and wanted cw parks as well. My next step is to do cw from a park. Good luck and have fun. 73
Love your videos. I wear hearing aids, too. CW since 1977.
Thank you, much appreciated
for anyone afraid that their age is going to get in the way of learning CW I love pointing to the clip from the tail end of DitDitDah Podcast Episode #7 - "The Bedtime Story Net" & Statue of Liberty at the 33 minute mark Emily Saldana, KB3VVE talks about Larry from New Jersey who learned CW at 72 and now 92 and head-copying. Lovely short story. Great episode to get over that age-stopgap for most folks.
Great comment. Thank you
Love your style. Thank you, just what I needed.
Verry encouraging!!!
For #2:
Recommendation T/R 61-02 Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificates ( HAREC ):
The examinee is required to demonstrate his ability to send and transcribe in Morse code, plain texts, number groups, punctuation and other signs:
at a speed not less than 5 words per minute
for a duration of at least 3 minutes
with a maximum of 4 errors in reception
with a maximum of 1 uncorrected and 4 corrected errors in transmission
using a non-automatic Morse key
Great video Keith. Thanks for posting.
Good advice, Keith. I come from the years when Morse code was a license requirement. Guys, you must do some code every day, not long sessions, but make it a habit. Get on the air and make contacts. Once you do that begin to send a bit faster than you are comfortable. You'll get code at that speed.
Last thing, Keith, Morse is a one syllable name. Think of it as MORS. It is not mor-ris. Keep us these great videos.
Awesome video. Thanks!
I started learning the code when I was in my mid 50s. Took me around 6 weeks, 10 minutes 3 times a day, to get the letters numbers, and ? down and around double that before I was comfortable enough to get on the air. Well I did and I had a few shakey QSOs but I did it.
Figured after that, the next thing to do was that I should probably get my license reinstated :-)
Yes you did it and that is what matters. I ask my students to also to 3 sessions of 10 minutes. It works
@@ve3svq-theshakykey440 I learned the code in 1982 to get my aussie novice license. Had one terrible QSO and decided that I’d stick to using sideband with radios I built. Let it lapse in the mid 90s
When my son was a little younger, he was into big ships, like the Titanic and asked me if I knew Morse Code. I told him I used to, and for Christmas that year, I picked up a couple of Morse code keys and some Pixie kits. We put them together and they kind of worked, but needed a half decent antenna.
Anyway, I pulled my radio gear out of the box under the stairs and dusted off the lot FT101B where B is for Boat anchor, to see if it all fired up.
That summer we had done horrific fires on the south coast that took out the phone and internet including mobile phones. Figured I should make an effort to get back on the air. The gear and ticket may come in handy. Most of the voice sections of the band were dead, but there would always be a few QSOs in the CW section. Figured code would be more useful, especially given we were in sunspot minimum and the background noise from a gorillian phone chargers and the like.
They gave me a callsign and I was offered a “standard” license on my qualifications, no exam needed, giving me 120W on the classic bands (save top band)
Problem was, I didn’t have an account in the system as I had been out of the system for so long. Callsigns and licenses were managed by 2 separate entities. I decided to get on the air anyway whilst they took another 6 weeks to issue me with an invoice I could actually pay.
Whilst I had a couple of voice calls and was called out for being allegedly unlicensed, I never had any issues with the CW crowd.
Eventually, when my license came through, one of the regulars on CW congratulated me on being legal :-)
Funny thing, I threw the portable rig in the car and stuck an antenna for 10m on the mag mount. I was listening for CW while I drove an hour south. I heard a slow CW station calling. We did a simple exchange and lost him as I moved out of his E layer propagation. Figured I’d look him up and email him. Callsign didn’t exist. Must have been someone bored with 11m
Pirate CW. It’s out there :-)
Thank you very much for the encouraging words. I am doing the LICW beginners classes and struggling on the productive practice part. I have a very odd work schedule. 73 Jose AD2ID.
Everyone learns at a different speed. Consistent practice it doesn’t matter the time of the day. If BC1 it is important to start with the familiarity exercises and really focus on ICR. It is set at 14/14. As you find you get 80% or more each time begin changing the 14/14 to 16 character speed then keep increasing as you hit that 80%. Go as high as 23 wpm. On the same line on the practice page click the lock symbol by word speed and begin increasing it. Try it and let me know many students find the faster character speed easier.
Very well done video. There isn't one thing I disagree with. If anyone hears KE8TBM on the bands, make sure to grab me. I will go as slow as you want. The only thing I ask is that you let me make mistakes also. You will be amazed what your brain can do. 73 to all.
Thank you I will watch for you.
Hope it helped, good luck
Still have my flash cards Keith😀, GW1DRZ
Too funny, mine got tossed a long time ago. But that method of teaching morse code still holds some people back today, myself included- my brain wants to translate dits and dahs of certain letters instead of just going with the sound of the letter.,