funny, i tried using LCWO before and i was still struggling, now that you put the way to learn into perspective its really helping to internalize the letters where before i was trying to figure out patterns and could not complete lesson 1!!!!! thanks for the great video, I think i am finally on the right path! 73
I've watched every recording of your live streams and have thoroughly enjoyed all the rabbit holes you go down; there are so many resources out there that I'd never know about if I hadn't watched. But this was the video I needed to get me started, so thank you.
Matt McElhannon that is some wicked dedication. Thank you for watching! That means a lot to me. That’s why I did this - to help save someone the time and trouble of stumbling through resources (at the expense of watching many hours of me stumble through it). I should really put together a non-blooper highlight reel that condenses all the good takeaways haha.
@@N0SSC Around the same time I started watching I discovered that I could connect my BeatsX to the Apple TV, so I just let you run in the background while doing other stuff around the house. Just like radio! I'm going to start hitting LCWO hard so thanks again for doing all these and making more. I really need to start ramping up my channel again as well. And I forgot to sign earlier - W6UGA, 73.
You're spot on with the mnemonics and charts. I've never learned to hear morse code. I was able to have few conversations only with the help of spectrum waterfall software, where you can see the letters just like on the chart. It was very easy, although not satisfying at all. Felt like cheating. The visual aid is a guarantee you'll never learn morse code.
Great video. I’m going through CW Academy this year .... And you are so on point with using the ears ant the eyes to learn characters. That slowed me down. Thx. Mark K3DEX
Using mnemonic systems and counting the dits and dahs are worse than just using another part of your brain they use additional parts of your brain. The part of your brain used is important. Training the hearing functions of your brain will be more rewarding and faster than using any other part of your brain. Good luck to all.
Fantastic video and advice. Super inspired, got the LCWO login and kicking off what I have wanted to do for such a long time. Love the ability the slow the effective WPM but keep the character speed up. Great site.
At 5 wpm the spacing between the characters is so large that you can repeat the sound pattern in your mind and thus count dits and dahs. I strongly belief that learning at higher speeds is more effective, because it builds the essential reflexes from the very beginning. I went through the lessons at 23/12 wpm ch/eff. If I could start again, I'd go even higher with the effective speed, maybe even 20 wpm.
Thx for sharing. Good info. I started.... once. I should pick this up again. 😔 Anyway. I missed only 1 thing. Setting the start delay to 1 sec, this’ll make it easier to start. Otherwise you press play and you’re hunting for the keyboard. 73
I snuck in a clip of me suggesting 2sec delay, but it’s easy to miss. I edited this at 3am so it’s missing some polish lol. 1s delay is better since it’s faster tbh. Thanks!
Looking at the chart and playing out each letter until I remembered them all has been the hardest thing to undo. I constantly revert back to trying to visualize it and get behind. That was three years or so ago. I’m just now coming back to try again and I covered the screen when you showed the chart lol. Not today satan haha. I’m hoping my time away will have helped me reset that bad habit. Also starting with too slow of a character speed screwed me.
It's all about the sound being a character and a group of sounds being a word or even a sentence. Unfortunately, I memorized dots and dashes long ago. When I was a little kid. Now, I'm 64, and I'm still stupid slow. Oh, I know the code, I can send at 15 wpm without thinking about it, but COPYING code is still, to this day, difficult. So - like you're saying in the video, the SOUND is more important.
Great video! I've been going through lessons on LCWO and I'm curious if others are using the keyboard or paper to record the letters and then entering them when done? It seems looking for the key on the keyboard adds additional time as you add letters and isn't really needed ultimately. No one really mentions what works well in this regard?
I'm learning at the noment! I'm getting within the 10% on my second go with each letter @ 30wpm, 10wpm eff. (about 7 letters into the learning) However, I like to complete several lessons for a few days before adding adding the next letter. I don't fell like if will go In if I move on when it suggests! I might try dropping to 25wpm and moving on quicker poss? Thanks for the video! Subbed!
What you are trying to say is: Morse is no different than hearing speech. We all learned to speak by listening. When we hear a word, our brain just recognizes it. We can "hear" people speak at about 120 words per minute (most normal speech) but we can also understand 3 or 4 times that fast because it is only one step from the sound to the understanding. So, practice is the key. Lots of it. It took us all about 3 or 4 years to learn to speak. But I disagree with the 15 minutes per day. For me, it is hours.
This was such a helpful video! In your opinion, when is a good time to start practicing sending on a paddle? The earlier the better? After 26 characters? After all the lessons? Thank you!
Apparently not a good system for folks who are not "touch typists", those of us two-fingered "hunt and peck" type. I'm not about to learn touch-typing along with LCWO.
I started.... once. I picked this up again and remembered where I got stuck last time... I am not able to type that fast (25wpm and 9WPM spacing), if set 3sec word spacing its gets ok... And I do not know what I received I just developed a sound to finger move memory. Any suggestions?
If you go to a typing test site, what is your touch typing speed? Sounds like typing might be your bottle neck to use this tool for learning Morse Code...
stuff & more stuff in my case, i’m learning at about 25 wpm, and below 10wpm it becomes hard for me to decode. Not hard by virtue of it being harder to hear the individual characters as whole sounds, but harder to keep my attention and focus for long enough before a random thought pops into mind and distracts me.
Setting up speed to 20/5 it's realy bad idea. You have to much space between the letters. You have to much time for thinking. Setting speed to 20/15 you're starting to read the code without thinking... And You learn faster. Realy.
I’ve found that 5 effective was a good balance. Too fast and I was easily overwhelmed. Even at 20/5 I hit a wall at about halfway through. Now I’m working random code groups and call signs at 25/7 after practicing increasing my speed, but I am much faster at words (25/15 or so)
No no, nothing to do with wanting to learn during the pandemic, while that is the result. The reason is, we now know things can go to hell fast. How are we going to social media when the net goes down? Morse code baby. Literal Dot dot dot comms.
I listen to podcasts and news at 2x speed, so I could. But RUclips allows you to change the speed up or down, as well as pause, play and scrub through the timeline at your own pace.
The best tool I use to learn morse. Practice ! Practice !! Practice !!! Success is on our road +++. 73, F4JRA
funny, i tried using LCWO before and i was still struggling, now that you put the way to learn into perspective its really helping to internalize the letters where before i was trying to figure out patterns and could not complete lesson 1!!!!! thanks for the great video, I think i am finally on the right path! 73
I've watched every recording of your live streams and have thoroughly enjoyed all the rabbit holes you go down; there are so many resources out there that I'd never know about if I hadn't watched. But this was the video I needed to get me started, so thank you.
Matt McElhannon that is some wicked dedication. Thank you for watching! That means a lot to me. That’s why I did this - to help save someone the time and trouble of stumbling through resources (at the expense of watching many hours of me stumble through it). I should really put together a non-blooper highlight reel that condenses all the good takeaways haha.
@@N0SSC Around the same time I started watching I discovered that I could connect my BeatsX to the Apple TV, so I just let you run in the background while doing other stuff around the house. Just like radio! I'm going to start hitting LCWO hard so thanks again for doing all these and making more. I really need to start ramping up my channel again as well. And I forgot to sign earlier - W6UGA, 73.
You're spot on with the mnemonics and charts. I've never learned to hear morse code. I was able to have few conversations only with the help of spectrum waterfall software, where you can see the letters just like on the chart. It was very easy, although not satisfying at all. Felt like cheating. The visual aid is a guarantee you'll never learn morse code.
This is the right way. You got a sub. Keep rolling!
Excellent video. You're a good instructor. Good flow. Enjoyable/informative. Thanks.
FANTASTIC info! Thank you - VERY helpful to launching my code journey. And, thanks for the tip about Morserino 32. 73
what is morserino?
Probably good advice ... but I’m worn out trying to listen to you ..... Slow down you’re talking @ 30 WPM
Well done video. I could do 15 WPM but that was 45 years ago. I am now trying to relearn using LCWO.
Great video. I’m going through CW Academy this year .... And you are so on point with using the ears ant the eyes to learn characters. That slowed me down. Thx. Mark K3DEX
Great tips. I have been doing lcwo for about 3 months now, with gaps. I am at lesson 28. I will start doing the word training too.
Outstanding presentation! Perfect for the absolute beginner. Thank you
Great video. Subscribed. I'm working on my CW.
Thanks for the sub!
Awesome! Thank you for showing me this ♡♡♡
🤜🏻👍🤛🏻
Using mnemonic systems and counting the dits and dahs are worse than just using another part of your brain they use additional parts of your brain.
The part of your brain used is important. Training the hearing functions of your brain will be more rewarding and faster than using any other part of your brain.
Good luck to all.
Fantastic video and advice. Super inspired, got the LCWO login and kicking off what I have wanted to do for such a long time. Love the ability the slow the effective WPM but keep the character speed up. Great site.
Cool . It's music.... I'll hear on the air. Excellent video Thank you
Thank you for this video. It really helps to understand the strategy here.
At 5 wpm the spacing between the characters is so large that you can repeat the sound pattern in your mind and thus count dits and dahs.
I strongly belief that learning at higher speeds is more effective, because it builds the essential reflexes from the very beginning. I went through the lessons at 23/12 wpm ch/eff. If I could start again, I'd go even higher with the effective speed, maybe even 20 wpm.
What a godsend!
Thanks this is great!
EXCELLENT VIDEO!! Very understandable Advice that easy to follow. I most certainly will be checking out LCWO 73's
Glad it was helpful!
You have inspired me to give it a go, great video, subbed.
Thx for sharing. Good info.
I started.... once. I should pick this up again. 😔
Anyway. I missed only 1 thing.
Setting the start delay to 1 sec, this’ll make it easier to start. Otherwise you press play and you’re hunting for the keyboard.
73
I snuck in a clip of me suggesting 2sec delay, but it’s easy to miss. I edited this at 3am so it’s missing some polish lol. 1s delay is better since it’s faster tbh. Thanks!
Is there any way to reduce YOUR WPM ? Great advice!! Thanks.
Looking at the chart and playing out each letter until I remembered them all has been the hardest thing to undo. I constantly revert back to trying to visualize it and get behind. That was three years or so ago. I’m just now coming back to try again and I covered the screen when you showed the chart lol. Not today satan haha. I’m hoping my time away will have helped me reset that bad habit. Also starting with too slow of a character speed screwed me.
Great job on info and presentation. Just do it!
Great video thank you. Starting today!
It's all about the sound being a character and a group of sounds being a word or even a sentence. Unfortunately, I memorized dots and dashes long ago. When I was a little kid. Now, I'm 64, and I'm still stupid slow. Oh, I know the code, I can send at 15 wpm without thinking about it, but COPYING code is still, to this day, difficult. So - like you're saying in the video, the SOUND is more important.
I wish this method was taught when I was in the Navy in the 1970's.
So there is zero send practice on this site then?
630hz is my jam
Great video! I've been going through lessons on LCWO and I'm curious if others are using the keyboard or paper to record the letters and then entering them when done? It seems looking for the key on the keyboard adds additional time as you add letters and isn't really needed ultimately. No one really mentions what works well in this regard?
I use paper. I can't type fast enough.
I'm learning at the noment! I'm getting within the 10% on my second go with each letter @ 30wpm, 10wpm eff. (about 7 letters into the learning) However, I like to complete several lessons for a few days before adding adding the next letter. I don't fell like if will go In if I move on when it suggests! I might try dropping to 25wpm and moving on quicker poss?
Thanks for the video! Subbed!
Wonderful. Thank you!!
Should I be sending once in a while?
Great video!
How can I learn Morse code. Hell, you talk so fast I can’t understand you.
What you are trying to say is: Morse is no different than hearing speech. We all learned to speak by listening. When we hear a word, our brain just recognizes it. We can "hear" people speak at about 120 words per minute (most normal speech) but we can also understand 3 or 4 times that fast because it is only one step from the sound to the understanding. So, practice is the key. Lots of it. It took us all about 3 or 4 years to learn to speak. But I disagree with the 15 minutes per day. For me, it is hours.
This was such a helpful video! In your opinion, when is a good time to start practicing sending on a paddle? The earlier the better? After 26 characters? After all the lessons? Thank you!
Simultaneously! Unfortunately I can’t suggest a really good sending teacher, except for the Morserino 32.
@@N0SSC I had never heard of the morserino! Thank you!!
Apparently not a good system for folks who are not "touch typists", those of us two-fingered "hunt and peck" type.
I'm not about to learn touch-typing along with LCWO.
Thank you !
that's why there's decoders -- for contest.
I started.... once. I picked this up again and remembered where I got stuck last time... I am not able to type that fast (25wpm and 9WPM spacing), if set 3sec word spacing its gets ok... And I do not know what I received I just developed a sound to finger move memory. Any suggestions?
If you go to a typing test site, what is your touch typing speed? Sounds like typing might be your bottle neck to use this tool for learning Morse Code...
slow down slow down, my goodness slow down.
www.makeuseof.com/youtube-change-playback-speed/
gracias amigo
Hey quick question: If I learn Morse Code at a high wpm count will I be able to understand it at slower speeds?
stuff & more stuff in my case, i’m learning at about 25 wpm, and below 10wpm it becomes hard for me to decode. Not hard by virtue of it being harder to hear the individual characters as whole sounds, but harder to keep my attention and focus for long enough before a random thought pops into mind and distracts me.
@@N0SSC Thanks
Fabians surname is pronounced "Koorts".
CW will be easy to learn compared to trying to understand you and your speed. Lol
Setting up speed to 20/5 it's realy bad idea. You have to much space between the letters. You have to much time for thinking. Setting speed to 20/15 you're starting to read the code without thinking... And You learn faster. Realy.
I’ve found that 5 effective was a good balance. Too fast and I was easily overwhelmed. Even at 20/5 I hit a wall at about halfway through. Now I’m working random code groups and call signs at 25/7 after practicing increasing my speed, but I am much faster at words (25/15 or so)
No no, nothing to do with wanting to learn during the pandemic, while that is the result. The reason is, we now know things can go to hell fast. How are we going to social media when the net goes down? Morse code baby. Literal Dot dot dot comms.
Talked way too far for me. You need to QRS when trying to teach something
Could you speak faster....
I listen to podcasts and news at 2x speed, so I could. But RUclips allows you to change the speed up or down, as well as pause, play and scrub through the timeline at your own pace.
Jeeeez!!!! SLOW DOWN your rate of speech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeez dude, talk slower
thank you for what you are doing....RAY(N1XAE)