CW QSO (Morse Code)

[@robertl.fallin7062]

I became a usn radioman in the mid sixtys were I learned morse by copying groups of five letter or numbers in blocks of five. (rxgyt 3ptqb ect) at 18 wpm. We had encrypted teletype cleared to secret level but top secret had to be decrypted again and occasionally a page of five letter blocks would need to be received via morse. I had to be error free when we got to the fleet because their was little routine conversation traffic and a order for a emergency parts for equipment repairs could be fifteen charectors long with ten or twenty items. I was impressed when a old salt would sit down with a thirty line supply message coming in and carry one a conversation with a dummy with bars on his collar, never need to request a clarification , all that while drinking a cup of coffee , puffing on a cigar on a ship taking twenty ft sea's! That was no tall tale and when the spy John Walker compromise the encryption systems and sat comm system came in the romance of the rate of radioman was gone. Good morse is still commonplace Thanks to ham radio.. Thanks for the memorys gentlemen.

[@CLoak183]

That damn Johnny Walker! Unbelievable what an American would do to his own country! Thank God for the hams keeping CW alive and well. It's the only CW around nowadays.

[@mfbfreak]

These gently paced QSOs really help me learn code. I got pretty far with the g4fon trainer, but i kept stumbling on air. Thanks for posting, and hope to hear you on air de pa3ls :)

[@HamRadioQRP]

Glad to hear. I look forward to answering you on-air.

[@dotfoto]

Nice QSO 73! from West Siberia de UA9OTW/QRP

[@jeromegrzelak8236]

Siberia sweet dude kg6mn

[@mikej-38qso22]

I'm trying to learn Morse code and it sounds like your sending edividual letters above 20 wpm but the spacing of the word around 15 to 17. Not sure but I can actually tell when the letter is complete along with the word. I like your style.

[@HamRadioQRP]

+Michael Mac My old external keyer doesn't display speed, so I just try to match the character speed of the station I'm working and put in as much space as seems prudent for the conditions. I probably add more space than experienced operators need for copy but one of my pet peeves is running things together so I go a little overboard on letter and words spacing.

[@jeromegrzelak8236]

@@HamRadioQRP how correct you are kg6mn

[@redmacaraig1311]

Nice to hear cw again, i really missed a lot this is Romeo Delta 1RTG Phillippines 73 to all

[@paulinmt2185]

Nice QSO OC. Great camera angle taking in both the key and the KX3. I use my KX3 + 45W homebrew amp for a daily sked on 80M to neighboring state and condx usually pretty good except for space wx. Love my KX3! 73 de Paul/N6MGN

[@HamRadioQRP]

Thanks Paul. Do you have a write-up on your homebrew amp? I'd love to see it.

[@SigP229R]

Great sending but above my speed. I have really lost a lot since I got my 12 WPM general. Need lots of practice.

[@alexblinoff5241]

Разрешите вопрос? Что за манипулятор стоит у вас на столе, второй слева? Его можно использовать при работе в полевых условиях?

[@urmenyi]

Szép munka

[@wolfganglorenz7299]

Great QSO to practice CW listening! 73 de DH3PAZ

[@alexdiamantopoulos6614]

Great Cw transmission it’s more like 10 wpm. As an operator my self for 30 years CW is part of my hobby. What’s great of this Video. I could copy the sound and I’m not need to right it down. Great way to get used to CW is listing to the sound always.

[@JDotsonFarms]

Do you operated in cw mode or is / lab when sending and receiving cw?

[@HamRadioQRP]

That video was shot while I was operating in CW mode. I am sending with a key and copying the code I hear in my head. I enter salient points from the contact in my records. The KX3 has a CW decoder that shows up on the KX3 screen in the video but it's not very reliable if the signal isn't noise free.

[@JDotsonFarms]

HamRadioQRP I know you probably have videos on this but, I can send but can not read or understand it without a decoder. How do I go about learning to receive so I don't need a program to receive? All suggestions are appreciated. I thought that I heard or read most hams just use CW on the upper or lower side band and do not worry about changing modes. Is there a reason for that is what I was wondering? Maybe they can hear more signals etc.?

[@HamRadioQRP]

+J - Dotson There are a lot of good resources for learning Morse Code. My introduction to Morse Code points you to some resources that I successfully used. Regarding Upper or Lower side band, that is only related to SSB, voice transmissions rather than CW. When a modern transceiver is set to CW mode there is no sideband option to choose. There IS an option for sidetone (sidetone, not sideband), but that's simply the audio Hz offset that you choose for comfortable listening.

[@andreytula3834]

very nice ! Proffy !

[@JohnDuncan0347]

You have an excellent fist!

[@HamRadioQRP]

Thank you

[@oliverrobredo3184]

Hola Rich 73

[@CLoak183]

Im jealous of those keyers. And by the way, Trump 2020!!