Anatomy of a CW QSO

This video will provide all the info you need to get on the air for your first CW QSO

[@nplds6551]

What a great video sir. Serious and informative to the point. Many thanks!

[@olivierconet7995]

Very informative. As a beginner, I nearly understood all the QSO. 73 de F1SOC

[@davidgrey943]

I have joined the Longisland CW club to go from basics to advanced in a orderly fashion and thank you for replying to my post.

[@FreddyNietzsche.]

Well done, great tutorial, thanks for having two different speeds and the subtitles. Everything was very well explained and understandable. 73

[@languagetruthandlogic3556]

This is brilliant. tnx fer posting ! I am just starting out with cw and this is just what I needed. Tnx again. 73

[@hoofie2002]

I had the very great pleasure of doing some online CW classes with Christian who is a great teacher

[@galvanic-isolator]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks a lot. De G4ETV

[@geirha75]

EXCELLENT anatomy of a CW qso

[@EA7LAF]

Really good and helpful video. TU 73 es 77

[@stevejohnson1968]

Great Tutorial..

[@TheAmericanStranger1]

Can a three digit city code be used for the qth? Las Vegas-LAS?

[@davidgrey943]

I am curious as to what speed we're you sending at on this clip.?

[@TheArtofEngineering]

KN is that like BK? Should it be sent joined together ie with a bar on top? Great. video subbed de VK2AOE

[@tincanblower]

No, the KN is normally sent "open" but most people tend to shorten the gap between the letters. I subconsciously take my fingers off the paddle for a fraction of a second between the K and the N. Don't worry though - any of those three options will sound fine. You'll soon pick up the way you want it to sound:) Good luck! Matt M0PTO

[@cdherter1]

As Matt says in his comment. BK can grammatically be sent as a true Prosign, but is more commonly sent open, like KN. Check out the video on Prosigns for more on BK and others. Best, Chris KF7WX

[@TheArtofEngineering]

@@tincanblower Thanks for the heads up 73

[@TheArtofEngineering]

@@cdherter1 Thanks Chris. I’m loving the resurgence of interest in CW. 73

[@davidgrey943]

Hi,I am confused that I can follow the text on screen while you are senting but unable to follow and write what is written off air. I find it quite discouraging not being able to copy what is being sent off air do you have any ideas to help me to get on air or pointers in how should practice. 73' s from ZL1BMA David.

[@tincanblower]

Play the video at 75% speed and listen with your eyes closed. I tend to see the letters coming up like a "ticker tape" in my mind's eye, but I'm sure there are other ways of head copying. Listen to text that you're fairly familiar with and don't be afraid to listen a few times. Repetition is the key to fluency. You'll start to learn the sounds of groups of letters and words and not just the individual letters. If you listen to lots of plain text morse, you'll find the letters "T H E" jump out like a single sound, in the same way CQ might do for you already. Look me to on QRZ as I might be doing a V2 of my online course, focusing on head copy. Good luck! Matt M0PTO

[@cdherter1]

Hi David. How about joining one of our zoom classes? We're starting one up next week. Email me if you're interested or have questions. Also happy to chat real time. One of the other students is also a ZL. [e-mail]. Best, Chris. KF7WX

[@artbremer4076]

Your dits are sooo fast .For a beginner it's a tough sent to copy. The spaces between words are good but the letters fly out like AK-47

[@cdherter1]

We call that "Farnsworth" technique, whereby the individual character speed is sent at 20-=25 WPM, but the spacing is adjusted to a slower speed. That fast character speed helps your brain begin to recognize each character as a single sound, rather than a collection of dots and dashes. It's called instant character recognition, and is what will get your code speed up to 20 WPM! If you're interested in learning about that, check out: www.cwops.org. Best, Chris. KF7WX