CW Anchor Words Module 1 Slow Speed Workout

There are several common CW that operators should recognize instantly. These "anchor words" can be used to get back into a CW QSO if an operator gets lost. This brief 5 part course will help CW ops master common Anchor Words.

[@daveharveys]

This was a lightbulb moment for me , thank-you.

[@janiceemery2008]

Thank you.

[@cdherter1]

Thank you! I realized there was a sound issue after recording module 5. I will work on getting it fixed! Much appreciated. Chris

[@cdherter1]

Update on the volume issue: thanks again for bringing this up. When KZbin placed adds at the beginning video, they are playing at full volume so when it's my turn to talk, it sounds like I'm whispering. I recorded the videos with marginal audio volume to start with, but that just makes it worse. There are no tools to increase the audio gain once a KZbin video has been published, so I would have to take them all down and repost. I think it's best I leave these first few modules as they are to make sure my students don't get lost! But I agree with you, I need to pay closer attention to the audio from now on. Again, thanks for your feedback. 73s...

[@travistripp1530]

Great content. Please increase the recorded volume.

[@georgeetherege8347]

Fluent at 5 words per minute? Haven’t reached that yet-and I’ve been at this for a year. Doesn’t help that I’m 76. Oh, I can recognize individual letters/numbers sent at a letter-rate of 30 wpm but for a string of words I’m always one to two or three words behind. Of course this ruins my copy because while I’m processing a word I completely miss two or three following words-even at a word-rate of 5 wpm. (All head-copy; trying to avoid the dreaded 10 wpm “plateau.”) Also it’s difficult to practice with 5 wpm text because the ARRL Code files always include prosigns and punctuation, even in slow speed text. Who but the ARRL would include Morse for a “COMMA” in 5 words per minute code?! And apparently no one sends on-air Morse at anything close to 5 wpm. I laugh when I see the admonition for “Slow Speed Contest” participants to go no faster than 20 wpm(!). 20 words per minute is the old Extra requirement, a level which thousands of “Advanced” licensees and would be “Extras” never reached. Did you notice the Advanced Test has disappeared? General-to-Extra is much more doable than 13-to-20 wpm. I’ll just keep on with single letters drills until I conquer instant recognition-it’s going to be a while.