“How to Learn and Have Fun with Morse Code” - Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE & Jim Crites, W6JIM of LICW

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For many of us, learning Morse Code (CW) can be the biggest mental block one can have. Sure, you would like to learn it, but at times it is just like running against a brick wall. “There must be a method out there,” you say.
And there is. Learn how to overcome the CW scotoma with two of the best trainers and teachers on the subject. Howard WB2UZE and Jim W6JIM will go through the paces of how to get started and what to expect along your CW journey.
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Howard Bernstein WB2UZE has been an active ham since 1965 and holds an Extra class license. He graduated from SUNY Albany in 1974 with a BS in Business Administration and shortly thereafter started a company in the import and export of industrial chemicals. Being partially retired at this time gave him the opportunity along with Rich K2UPS, to co-found the Long Island CW Club* in 2018.
Besides having a passion for CW, Howard has a vintage gear (boat anchor) station made up of the gear he wanted to have as a young ham in the 1960s but could not afford back then. Outside of ham radio Howard enjoys travel, antiques and his 1956 Oldsmobile. Howard has also written a book: Fire Island Lighthouse Maritime Communications: A History Spanning 1859-1973 which centers around post WW2 Coast Guard transmitters still miraculously remaining at the Fire Island Lighthouse on Long Island.
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Jim Crites W6JIM lives in Walnut Creek, CA, retiring there after thirty years in the US Air Force. A ham since 1996, he notes that his last SSB QSO was in 2006. You might have worked him earlier as KF6FCV, 7J7ACM, or KF6FCV/TF. An Extra Class ham, he joined the Long Island CW Club in February 2019 in order to improve his own CW. He was invited to teach for the club six months later. He currently teaches a weekly Intermediate class that practices the back-and-forth protocol used in a CW QSO.
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[@michaeldumais1784]

I signed up at the LI CW Club. Can’t wait to start learning! Thanks for posting this video, I wouldn’t have known about the club without it!

[@FairlawnARC]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@sparty837]

I credit Long Island CW for finally getting me on the air. They have GOTA classes that teach you how and when it is easiest to do. Not to mention, they push you to get on the air when you have the minimum proficiency instead of waiting for a high level which is incredibly important.

[@FairlawnARC]

We believe Howard and Jim are expounding on being "good enough" is the way to bettering one's qualities and speeds via an "in the trenches" approach to GOTA w/CW. We have an upcoming video release on the K7K DXpedition, James Gallo the Presenter, touches upon one of the K7K DX'ers who can comprehend CW 40 WPM hearing it, while having a verbal conversation off topic with an adjacent Participant. He will Keyboard type a reply in a CW app because he IS faster and more comfortable operating in this fashion. Thank you for your comment.

[@joeblow8593]

Thanks

[@FairlawnARC]

You are welcome!

[@ac0m-glennthompson432]

I've tried a straight key and paddles. I suck at both. Just can't figure it out.

[@deltafour1212]

You recommend the straight key but what oscillators do you recommend to get for Beginners 1 class?

[@slewfoot6608]

Alot of unnecessary backgrounf racket

[@FairlawnARC]

We appreciate your feedback. Thank you.

[@Ed-vi6tg]

@@FairlawnARC, the problem with the background cw/noise was that it was distracting. People like me are unable to tune out background noise. Most people are able to, but only a few are not. its called Cocktail Party Syndrome hearing.