Could this gadget save the future of Morse Code in ham radio? | PreppComm DMX-40

I give my first impressions of the PreppComm DMX-40 CW (morse code) encoder and decoder. I've tried to use it at home but the noise levels seem to be too high for this device to clearly decode although it is advertised as preforming well in noisy conditions.
I drive out to some local high ground (in my new vehicle!) to try out the receive and decoding capabilities. HF propagation was not very clever so signals were quite weak.
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[@J1mbo888]

For CW all you need is a key and a transmitter, for digi modes you need a laptop and other bits to make it all work. CW is the simplest form of "Digi Mode". Top vid as always Carl :-)

[@HannoBehrens]

For CW you need nothing but an oscillator and some blank wires that you bang together, right! See my comment from 23.04.22. Good man.

[@norbertstepien9185]

CW is alive and well ask anyone in the know. It's a challenge and takes some effort to become proficient, but that's part of the appeal. It's a skill, an art, has tradition and is just plain fun. Judging by the number of CW clubs which are flourishing cw is here to stay.

[@waytospergtherebro]

It's great for whiny old men who don't know how to type a complete sentence.

[@jimvenable8253]

My College Roommate and friend, Eric Anderson, designed, tested, built and commercialized the PreppComm DMX-40.

[@hamradiofun5527]

I've tried CW decoders and despite my CW being rubbish, I prefer to listen to CW. You have to hear CW not see CW.

[@keithjas25]

CW is the simplest mode. In an emergency, you can stroke 2 wires connected to a car battery. Using diggi modes is fine, but you need the gear and power to use it.

[@leslieaustin151]

Morse code doesn’t need ‘saving’ - but it might save you one day. Learn it and use it and it sticks in your brain. You know what they say, “Amateur radio is CW. All the rest is CB”. Les

[@djsomers100]

It is already "niche" but there are still a lot of people using and learning. I joined Long Island CW Club two years ago and have a membership number around 850. They are now closing in on 3000 members. Thanks for the video!

[@MichaelRisser]

I’ve been licensed since 2000, after the Morse code requirement was dropped for Technician class (UK Foundation?), I upgraded to General (UK Intermediate?) in 2007 after the Morse code requirement was dropped there too. Now I’m an Amateur Extra (UK Full, I believe). The entire 21yrs I’ve been a ham I’ve heard that CW is dying/dead, now I’m learning Morse code and finding it to be quite alive and flourishing. For over 100yrs CW has been a part of this hobby, and even with there no longer being a requirement, I meet people everyday who are learning the code. It’s neither dead nor dying, and I don’t think it will be either, at least not anytime soon.

[@DavidBamford]

Don't feel bad. It IS worth the effort to learn the code and to practice it the way everyone else does. It is a great community. 73

[@peredavi]

Interesting review on Preppcomm. I’m just getting back into amateur radio after 40 year hiatus. Fortunately, i remembered most of Morse code from hearing it over past 34 years as commercial pilot. Identify VOR nav stations. I’ve spent past week practicing about 1 hour daily and comfortable at 10 wpm and ok at 12 wpm. Goal is 15 wpm. Ordered a desk paddle keyer and a compact keyer for portable ops. I enjoy SSB and CW. Cheers.

[@aschlack8889]

I enjoy your videos. I must have missed the cougar in my Landcruiser 120...will continue to look for it. fantastic, reliable vehicles they are. congratulations!

[@vinnyboomba9948]

Congrats on the new Land Cruiser

[@dxscotland5901]

Cw is a great mode Carl and still is my main interest.I often have a ragchew the same as I would on ssb! It’s great for cutting through the mush and great when conditions are down,,love the new motor but also liked the old girl you had!!73 Gm4zji Chris

[@j.d.schultzsr.9215]

WOW! With this setup, all I need to have a winning field day station is logging software. Set it up on Saturday AM, come back on Sunday PM and pick up my points! Sure am glad I learned CW way back in 62 and worked HF all these years. Guess I can throw away my obsolete Vibroplex and J-38. ---73, W8IMP AR K

[@M0SZT]

It’s not automatic

[@HannoBehrens]

It's just very simple. And that's why the prepper community works with it. You don't need such a device, you can communicate with everyone who can R/W telegraphy. No decoder needed. I have tested other systems and even RTTY or PSK31 are vulnerable to noise QRN and especially QRM. You can forget about Packet Radio/X.25/FSK for noisy or bad communication or suboptimal antenna situations. If you like to try out, what I tried, just do this: there are OTHR signals invading the HAM bands in Europe, so just setup your device and try to get out the signal. Your decoder is working on an WebSDR somewhere away and you feed him the signal. You can test this with FLdigi or with JS8call or WSJTX. Just try that. You will see that the only signal that will come through reliably is the CW code. The automatic modes are fine for QRN, the typical atmospheric noise, and you can of course hide your signal somewhere on the band with something like JS8/FT8 but if you just want to punch some message through there is no reliable alternative to CW. Especially, if your machine can't read a single sign anymore that is coming through your WebSDR some hundreds (or thousands) kilometers away, if you are a skilled telegraphy operator, you can still *read the signal*. And this option isn't there if the human gets kicked out of the loop by one of the more automat-only modes, starting with RTTY, up to JS8 but not ending with that. I also tried very reliable, rugged modes like MT63, this Russian thing, that was used by their diplomats. No way. You can't punch the signal through like you can with CW. And that's the simple reason why they fall back to simple modes in the prepper-community. We had that dispute for a long time but if you take the time yourself and run a bit of field test with the modes, you will find out, that CW is still king. And even if you find a mode that might get -6 dB deeper into the noise, you won't be able to reach someone with nothing but an old AM radio sitting out there and listening for some news in some shed out in the woods, where he absolutely has nothing else. Emergency systems are simple or you will experience what we experienced with our "Notsystem" here in Germany when the flood came to Ahrweiler. The masts with their très chique digital communications were all washed to the Rhine river and I tell you why it's so beautiful at the Rhine? Because all pompous, stuffed, frilled crap that is for vein will get washed to it earlier or later and the Rhine won't give it back. Like the Nibelungenschatz for example. Or old K97 carbines from the last stupid war we had over here. And expensive sophisticated digital radio equipment. So what did we do to help? Fall back to simple systems. Simple AM, FM and CW. And that was it. If you build your emergency system on anything else, you will be f*cked sideways by nature, by the nature of the disaster. We learned that the hard way. With CW we are training to hear the signal over any kind of noise, like talking people, in the middle of an AM radio transmission, over government or military ECM measures (see Cuba last year and their 40m band jamming). The only signal that gets through is CW. And if your machine decoder stops working you can still hear and decode the message with your trained ear. That's a fact. Are some digital modes good against QRN? Indeed, they are! But they are sophisticated, they do not bring much to the table that gives them a boost and they are sophisticated. Some, like JS8 and FT8 and many more need exactly running clocks. Okay. Where do you get your time signal when the Zombies are everywhere? Hehe… or the Orks? And the Orks are jamming the GPS signals in a range of 300 km, so that you don't even get the time from there? What do you do? Take out the old keyer, plug them in, switch the old tube radio to CW and the microphone isn't working anyway anymore, since your cat has gnawed on it, you put on your phones and: dadidadit dadadidah dadidadit dadadidah dadidadit dadadidah… So: keep it simple. And learn Morse. --... ...-- / -.. . / -.. .-.. --... .... .... / ...-.-

[@simonappleby4224]

I often use my Yaesu to " reverse beacon " and its great fun and easy to set up and you can use anything with an internet connection to look up where you are being heard. Still trying to task myself with learning code but it keeps me interested.

[@NG9D]

Thanks for the video. The way I see it, the real fun of CW is learning it - and that is well within the capability of nearly everyone. I've been working guys who became proficient in Morse code using CW Academy (for example) but there are lots of ways to learn code well enough to get on the air with a straight key and start having 5 wpm contacts. From there to >13 wpm is a matter of weeks or months depending on how much time one spends on the air. CW contacts are fun as well, everyone is on a lifelong journey together. 73 Lynn NG9D

[@M7BCN]

Hi Buddy. Look up how to put out a test CW CQ call and you can use the reverse beacon lookup to see where your signal is going. Thanks for the video.👌

[@watchfan6180]

Love Toyota have one myself. As long as LC has been well maintained it will serve you well.

[@M0SZT]

This one seems to be in mint condition, service record is very well documented

[@davem7847]

Great Video, I understand there cable to hook up to an external transceiver. That would be a great addition to the IC-705 or Xeigu 6106.

[@vk3ut]

Carl You cant go wrong with 120 great work mate . vk3ut Greg 73s cheers

[@wayneskiba1237]

Very interesting video, Carl, I agree with you on the use of cw in amateur radio, for my self I tried using cw and tried really getting conversational with it, but I just could not get use to using it, and found at least for myself that ssb is for me! The morse decoders are something that would be quite useful and also found them interesting and quite a marvel. As far as the future of cw in amateur radio, I feel that there will always be a place for it in our hobby at least I hope there will because this is how it all started with hams using cw to communicate and I feel that it will always have a place, especially in emergency situations. And Carl very nice vehicle and anxious to see where it will take you on your next ham radio adventure.

[@wayneskiba1237]

@John Cliff I could not agree more, that our brains are the best decoders of cw.

[@stevenhayes2589]

Iv never found a computer cw decoder that works as good as using my own ears it might be OK for computer generated cw but hand sent therer are too many veriable.

[@PeterKings]

Hi Carl, I think one big advantage for peppers is that if you are communicating with a station that isn't able to run software because of the emergency, you can still make the contact even if you don't know the Morse.

[@CallousCoder]

Hahah it obviously has timing issues T - and E . When I actually tried to build a decoder on my C64 back in the late 80s I had the exact same issue. And I realized that people are very inconsistent in timing compared to a machine counting cycles. And one person is faster than the other and it was impossible to get a working solution. I think that these days with some machine learning we would come closer but still I think it may be a challenge to get a reliable decode. And when you need devices to do this, you may as well use these devices to send digital packets with CRC.

[@edwinpd0sot503]

Code is a different way of communicating and 'life' in general 🤣enjoy what you like best! 73

[@MatthiasLenardt]

Hello dear friend and thank you for introducing this promising transceiver. I learned CW was quite good and forgot everything because of: no practice 🤣🤣🤣🤣 A gadget like that could be a revival, but I think it should offer more reliability. Many greetings, Matthias

[@M0SZT]

😀

[@allanbell1675]

Thanks for the vid. Had a look at one of these when they were reviewed in Aril RADCOM but they are out of stock. Can't get the chips. Will have to stick to the traditional method. Cheers.

[@rjy8960]

I’m learning PSK-31 at the moment. Only been at it for a few days, managed to learn “k”and”n” but persistence should pay off.

[@M0SZT]

On PSK-31? I do like the keyboard chat modes on ham radio though

[@edwardemery7522]

Ed Hi Carl I enjoy you videos, I do cw qrp only, I am nowhere near as good as I should be at it, but its an amazing mode as most of your comments show, but its done by your ears, and I write down callsigns and names and qth it is quite something to hear letters and numbers from dits and dahs. I would think the DMX 40 could be quite frustrating to use if you have not got even a small knowledge of cw. The fact that the DMX has been created shows the value of morse code and in its interest 150 years from its creation.

[@johnratcliffe6438]

I've had one for weeks. Haven't unboxed it yet. Looking forward to using mine - with my FTDX5000MP though, not standalone.

[@echo-hotel]

Don’t forget to hit the space bar to reset the wpm. This is an amazing little radio. It does pick up stray rf like crazy. But once you learn how to use it it’ll decode things so deep in the noise you can’t believe it’s there. As for use for peepers. We’ve found that being able to communicate with CW operators just to the point that they can hear and understand us is enough. You can get on ask for someone local to get on SSB or whatever you need. You don’t need it to decode. It transmits perfectly. In CCW mode a bunch of us have gone out 50+ miles apart and with trash wire antennas got all of us the decode perfectly. That is DMX-40 to DMX-40. The five of us covered our entire state. And one other tried to use his software on his laptop he swore could decode better, it absolutely did not. I see these people saying “we I can do that with digital, all I need is my laptop” this is better than digital. You can communicate with a computer and the human hear at the same time. It can decode a handmade radio. I even rubbed to wire together from at battery and got my call sign to show up. Yes the thing needs shielding and some filters. But they are a small company and this guys code is new. I’d hate for his company to die out. But at least this new concept in decoding cw should improve all pc software one day. CW isn’t dead. Ifs easy to learn the basics. You only need to know 5-8 words to complete a POTA. And anyone can transmit “help” if they can use a keyboard at all. Please support this really small business. And suggest improvements. Like an on screen keyboard, audio pass through from external radio, bnc rather than sma, and firmware updates. Also the new MMX with have three replicable band cards!

[@waikintang8246]

Operators sent like music with personal rhythm. I could identify a sender if he was my classmate.

[@M0SZT]

That’s very interesting, I heard that about operators who used to work in the telegraph systems years ago recognising operators by their style

[@garethbkw]

The first comms out of a disaster is always CW ,needs very little consumption power wise compared to other modes. One thing to learn mate is whats called zero beat you match the tone of your radio with the radio your rxing. Any questions drop me a line if you wish mate CW is my thing as well as prepping lol. Thanks for the upload interesting bit of kit youve got mate. De 2E0BKW

[@M0SZT]

Thank you

[@gbamck]

Cheers for the vid, Carl. Happy new car! We've yet to see a CW decoder that works as well as it needs to. I mean, if you need a decoder, it has to decode, right? The problem is, many stations are so different in terms of strength/QSB, tone, speed. You fart about to get one station decoding and the next is sending you TTTTT or EEEEE. Too many variables. The Morserino 32 is the best I've seen and that was miles and miles away from any source of RFI and with a decent antenna. It was good but still wasn't perfect. I think they can only ever be a helpful assistant and not any kind of alternative to the ear (certainly not my ear, however - I'm utterly shit at it). My opinion of the advantages of Morse over digital for prep is for a start, all you need is a receiver to hear a coded message (presuming of course you can copy in your head). If you needed to listen out for instructions only, you're set. If you need to use a suitable transceiver to send over the airwaves as well, you can do that at the bare minimum with two bits of wire and a bit of ingenuity. You could even send a message in silence, should you need to. I think in all, the fact that you can do so much with the very minimum of kit, very little power and pocket-sized transceiver, is what makes Morse the better choice over screens and software. There is a huge, non-easy way out, learning curve though! Because you couldn't 100% rely on a decoder if the proverbial SHTF and you needed to listen carefully for a message transmitted briefly (I shall say zis only once!), then you don't want to have to meddle about with the volume and VFO to get the message to decode!

[@echo-hotel]

You clearly haven’t used a DMX-40. When you use it correctly it is amazing. You just need to hit that space bar to reset the decoder between different senders. I’ve gotten it to pick out full qso i couldn’t hear on any other radio. As for SHTF my group has 20+ of these now. DMX-40 to DMX-40 in CCW mode is basically digital texting. Any idiot can do it. We’ve have guys out on the summits all the time. One practice we did lately had five of us go to each corner of our very large state at least 50 miles apart and 100ish at the furthest. In CCW it decides perfectly.

[@gbamck]

@@echo-hotel u da man 👍

[@bobbysykesjr.354]

CW is so much fun.. Can be read by man and machine… You are really missing something if you don’t … I started at 14 and do it still at 71…. You don’t need a computer to talk…

[@garzy55]

CW is alive and well, all you need to is learn it.

[@PebbleWeb]

Great video Carl :) one question the pull out awning looks awesome is that the same one you had on the Landy? whats the make of that, Thanks David

[@M0SZT]

Yes it’s the same one, it’s sold as a universal awning from offtrek as it clamps to most roof racks

[@billw8dsx939]

Just curious, where was your video shot? Nice looking country side! Thanks for putting this video to together, for those who don't want to learn morse code, this could be a life saver.

[@M0SZT]

It’s near Alton in the Peak District

[@matknight]

Nice car Carl, get some leather treatment on those seats mate, will help stop it cracking and drying out in warmer weather.

[@Raven_of_Doom]

nice Land Cruiser

[@tonystephen6312]

At the end of the day with decoder built in it's just another digi mode :)

[@1polonium210]

I am just setting up my MMX Triband Transceiver. I haven't had much luck yet on 40 and 20 meters, as there seems to be a great deal of traffic/interference on those bands. I can hear the CQ call clearly on some frequencies, but the rig is not decoding accurately. I see line after line after line of gibberish, and then a line or two of something correctly decoded, and then back to gibberish.

[@MarkPentler]

It's weird: decoders are always really sketchy. The one in the Xiegu G90 likes a nice, strong signal, for instance. And if there's a human element to the sending the timing is all messed up and the decoder fails there too.

[@James_Bowie]

I think CW shines when conditions are bad. It tends to punch trough anything. But that advantage is based on using one's ears, not some microprocessor based RX.

[@echo-hotel]

It’s actually an amazing device. It’ll decode things out of the noise I can’t hear at all. That’s the point of the “microprocessor” it’s better than your ears.

[@batfalcononyoutube]

Please tell us if you can, something about the base of the antenna you are using. Is it a DIY thing, or did you buy it? Also I would like to know this DX Commander pole that you are using, what's its length, what is the exact type?

[@M0SZT]

It’s a drive over mast base which fits 50mm aluminium mast posts. I remove the bottom section of the DXC pole and slot the rest into one section of the aluminium pole.

[@ericanderson6867]

Don’t forget to press the SPACE bar every time you tun in a new CW stream, so you restart the decoder and clear out all history. If you don’t do this, the decoder will not perform well. When you restart, the “hand” algorithm is executed, to establish the sender’s hand and speed. Once that is done, the decoder is only running the slow tracking algorithm. That algorithm does not do well to go from one CW stream to another. I notice you never referred to restarting the decoder in your video. Very VERY important tip for you to try.

[@jimvenable8253]

Ah ha!!!!

[@M0SZT]

Thanks for the advice I need to keep using it to learn

[@ericanderson6867]

@@M0SZT if you need any help, contact me via the website.

[@Tom_2E1FUE]

What battery do you use for the portable bit a gold battery? Thanks De 2E1FUE

[@kurt53641]

Yes! But it’s not there yet. Issues with connecting with radios

[@kenwilliams563]

Been there, done that, attempted to write decoder software, but too many variables with hand sent Morse, especially with straight keys. Decoding machine sent stuff in various modes is easy, even machine sent Morse is easy, but when sent with a Morse key it was hopeless trying to write the software, in the end I was so disappointed in computer decoding I abandoned the project.

[@Gigler43]

Man thanks for the video!!! I enjoy them. Hope to catch you on air KI5TLH Kenny I’m hanging out on DSTAR reflector 30

[@JamesWilliam70]

Hold on a minute, that looks like the weaver hills Ashbourne way .

[@robertabbott7770]

Hey Carl , love the screw in peg , where did you get them ? 2E0GQL

[@M0SZT]

Got them from eBay

[@davem7847]

While that device would be great, the IC 705 outputs audio thru MICRO USB to your smartphone with a CW decode program. For Androud I have tried Morse Expert, not sure what's available for Apple.

[@chrisredding6673]

Sorry, but to me CW is "Ear to Brain" and "Brain to Fist". I wish there was a CQ call for "No Robots".

[@robertkoenig4872]

the only thing that can save morse code for the future ist, people that learn it

[@oilydigits]

I hope it's not the future of morse code. There are plenty of computer digi modes, where there's no skill or effort needed, lets keep morse code computer free. Steve

[@chrisredding6673]

True. Morse is a skill. Decoders and keyboards reduce CW to 'a slower version of PSK 31'.

[@johnorrells3797]

I am not a CW operator any box will decode good hand morse but not so well send or noisy hand morse can be read by the human ear but not a machine.

[@CallousCoder]

When a Nuke hit high up than the EMP most likely killed all the Semiconductors so even the prepper’s transmittters when they don’t operate with tubes/valves are useless 😅 That’s a funny story, the yanks captured a MIG I believe in Korea war. And they laughed that that plane still used tubes/valves. But the Russians already had experience with creating EMPs with nukes and actually retrofitted crucial radios with tubes/valves. But Morse code is the simplest way to send information. Technically all you need is a carrier wave you can switch h on and off. But frankly when society is there I’d rather not have survived 😅Survival is not living! And I’m almost 50 So euhmm I’ve had a good live so far so so what am I “surviving”’ for 😂

[@mredEP1Cevans]

Hey Carl, got rid of the landy ?

[@M0SZT]

Yep for now, had to make a choice either invest heavily or cut my losses and go for the Land Cruiser which I’ve fancied for as along as the discos

[@n9eerptr]

Was this video about a Morse code decoder or some guy just wanting to talk??? As for CW, it is another mode in Ham Radio. Most all my operations on the Ham band is CW. But to each their own. A decoder will not give one much fun on CW, but might aid in learning the code.

[@bsdjunkie1805]

Having to drive into the mountains to use it kind of defeats the purpose of CW, clearly a tiny ARM processor is no match for the human brain in decoding CW out of floor noise.

[@johnnorth9355]

Blimey CW ? I am still trying to get my head around voice ! 73 M7BLC

[@phils2180]

OK, I'll say first off that I'm not remotely interested in cw but if I was I wouldn't even consider a cw decoder. I mean, what is the point? If you want to operate cw LEARN IT and do it properly. As regards cw in an emergency situation, you are correct in your observation that digital modes will be far more efficient in information transfer between stations. One advantage cw has is that it can get through in bad conditions that would kill data or voice comms. An experienced operator will still be able to pick out and decode a cw signal and respond. On the vehicle front, congrats on your "graduation" to a Land Cruiser. You're half way there with a 120 series, all you need now is the Land Cruiser holy grail, a well preserved 80 series👍. The best thing about a Land Cruiser is it isn't a Land Rover (cue response from green oval fans😂). Seriously though, they're great vehicles. Like you, having owned both, I wouldn't go back. I've owned my 80 series 17 years now and can't envisage driving anything else, b*llocks to EV's. 😀

[@brianfields4479]

Obviously you know this video content was going to be controversial. A morse decoder to many is a dirty word hi. I use cw simply because it allows me to work dx better than ssb , and data or digital requires me to stare at a screen, and I don't even watch tv at all . Maybe iam old fashioned , but when I decided cw was the best mode for me, originally running h/brew qrp, got a book and made a key, and started the work to achieve my goal. To think of myself or a new op simply plugging in a machine to read it for you, well the thin end of the wedge saying comes to mind. Everyone to their own of course, whatever gets your sheep in the field as their say, but what next, amateur radio operators getting their xyl,s to decode cw whilst we have a pint down the pub, and just come back to electronically send 599 back. Sorry mate, no offense, but stick to cooking this video is a step too far for me hi. Iam out of here, got a morse key and a brain I would rather use. I hope my opinion did not offend anyone, it was not intended to do that. Oh hang on, qso on 40m and the guy is using a decoder, and my bench key just curled up and fell off the table hi - - ... ...- -.

[@philipoulton7730]

Why not just learn CW, and save the money for the encoder?

[@g3cwi_Radio_Adventures]

Hopefully you can get a refund on the decoder. It's clearly junk.

[@M0SZT]

First outing was disappointing to be honest, I reserve junk status until I’ve been out a few more times

[@chublez]

It isn't dwindling yer just lazy mate. FLdigi been around awhile you didnt need a magic box if yer already hooking up a laptop fer digital modes to have the computer do the work for you. For the record part of the the appeal is not needing all that stuff. Its heavy kit to carry if you aren't just in the car. Also From a cost perspective I can make a CW contact around the world or probably $30 all in...do that with FT8. Also it's just plain fun. Enjoy the hobby! Cheers! 73.

[@Ei2iP]

You're opinion of cw is completely incorrect, cw has a place in the hobby... Just listen on the bands.. Why didn't you even send out a cq on cw and check your results on RBN. Waste of time sending cw, if you can't decode... First thing you need to do is learn how to decode before attempting to send. I've ordered a Ford Ranger, Stormtrak delivery is June/July.. Not sure will I mount Tarheel 200a.

[@M0SZT]

My question is will CW become more and more niche as time goes by. I was testing the decode first as you say. I do like the look of those vehicles!

[@pauljones6668]

all you need need is to practise to do morse and maybe you wont need a decoder lol old cw op.

[@James_Bowie]

Not sure why your callsign needs to be repeated so often. Maybe it's your accent?

[@M0SZT]

Propagation, English being the other ops second or third language and being QRP isn’t going to help either

[@SuperMicroguy]

Wow, not much of an introduction to the DMX-40. I expected more information about how well it works, did you like it, why or why not, etc... Generally a waste of time.

[@althepal6818]

There is no sense at digitalizing morse code. Morse code is meant to be receive or sent by human means. There is so much better and robust codes for digital communications.

[@mitchdickson254]

Nothing more disturbing to an old ham than some "super CBer" with his "send 2 box tops and 50 cents to kellogs" ham ticket down on the CW bands with this RT8 garbage!!!! That will never make you a ham!!! Just a problem to those that are!!! Go back to your "let's do another contest net" on voice, and stay out of our way!!!!! AE4YW

[@M0SZT]

I have no idea what that means sorry

[@BikePractice]

The best morse code gadget is the brain. Morse doesn't need saving its alive and well. 73 W6SLA.

[@jozefbezan2501]

Danke für das tolle Video.73,de Jozef OE1CJG.😊😊😊

[@colincolin30]

Hji Carl, I started my journey into Cw about 3 months go. I get a real buzz out of CW. I am in the process of building a cw transceiver . I get the feeling that CW is getting busier not slowing up. 73 vk2jcc

[@HamRadioAdventures]

Nice video Carl. GL, Best wishes and Best 73! de K0PIR