In this first of my new series, I'm on summit on Mockingbird hill and speak for a few minutes on Learning and using CW and where to look for inspiration and for help learning. This series will feature more activators with tips, tricks and advice in the future. Please enjoy this video Like & Subscribe for more. 73 de VE6JTW
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I’m always afraid I will take too long getting the call sign. I send kind of ok. But receiving is well not great. Funny part I was actually a novice and made a few contacts back then. Tried for my 13 words a couple of times but never passed it. So it’s been a long time since I’ve tried getting on the air. I listen a lot but only get ever 3 letter.
I had the same issue when I first started out, I would struggle on decoding Calls and eventually guys would just give up and leave, But I never let that bug me and I kept going. Using tools like Morse ninja on YT downloading his videos and listening to them and using this software Word List Trainer | Morse Code World I was able to get past that hurtle and start decoding better. and at the end of the day its just doing reps and putting in the time. DON'T GIVE UP you will get it eventually we all started out rough. 73 de VE6JTW, Jesse
I first learned CW at 5-7 WPM. Was never told that learning that slow was a bad idea. But I found out pretty quick and after I had a few QSOs I put my stuff away and never considered getting back on the air. That was the early 2000s. Another thing that took my time was work and the birth of my first son. My first QSO was with my Ten Tec 40m QRP Transciever that I built from a kit. I used a dipole strung up in my tiny backyard in Long Beach, Ca. My first QSO was with a guy in Arizona. But now I am back and am in the process if learning CW again. I am trying to find any tips that will help and encourage me. I was pretty discouraged trying to write down as I listened because if I missed a letter I would be lost. So I am just going to listen for now and worry about copying later. Any other good advice is appreciated.
I have lot's of advice My friend. Copying is the most important and the hardest spend anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour a day Just doing copy practice learning the characters of the alphabet and numbers 0-10 at a speed of 35wpm with 10 wpm spacing a good Tool is on YouTube a channel called morse ninja, download his videos of letters or letters and numbers spoken do the 30wpm and above videos so you don't count dits and dah's and don't write stuff down it doesn't help you any. Look in to CW ops academy they have beginner classes over zoom twice a week and the semesters are 6 weeks long. cwops.org feel free to email me anytime for help, and don't give up. and check out other CW youtube channels Red summit RF, VE6LK Vince, Kyle AA0Z, K6ARK mountain top radio are all great cw ops and helpful in learning and encouraging. 73 de VE6JTW
EXCELLENT advice, Jesse; just get on the air and operate we ALL make mistakes. Long Island CW Club also has some very good CW learning programs. It’s come a long way since we only had the ARRL cassette tapes and W1AW code practice (which is still very good).
