Learn and Have Fun with Morse Code

This is an installment of our webinar series. We were fortunate enough to have Howard Bernstein WB2UZE and Jim Crites W6JIM of Long Island CW Club. Join us as they discuss how to learn and have fun with Morse code!
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[@joshuamejia2496]

I wish I could give your video a 100 times. This has positively triggered a door I hadn't opened in a long time. Thank you fellas

[@garettkipp]

"And we also have special classes for ladies only." Intriguing... :- )

[@adzbasslines268]

This is by far the best video I've watched on this subject. I use phone apps when I can't get on air. But I found it's best to learn with a receiver and copy in real-time coping with the noise floor, hash, adjacent signals and different fists. Plus that teaches better use of the radio tuning and filter use.

[@bierakanus5463]

This was good, thank you for putting it together

[@K2CTC]

Great vid. Just applied at LICW. Looking forward to learning and making a QSO.

[@Septantrionalis]

oh man, I am glad to hear you talk about opposite characters! I've been studying morse code for the past half year and struggled with this. I pushed through it and have been making CW contacts for a few weeks now. -KC0ZPS

[@ClydeHoadley]

What a great video! I got a lot out of this. Thank you ARRL, Howard, and Jim. -- KB0AMJ

[@ARRLHQ]

Our pleasure! Thank you for watching!

[@turinskiboy]

Thanks, I'm really glad I found this informative presentation.

[@ARRLHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it! 73

[@visualjuiceman]

Nice job Howard and Jim, great presentation...de Jim K2MIJ

[@ARRLHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@okhamradio]

Thanks for sharing. It’s really helpful information

[@alansalmi]

I’m partway through this, and it looks like some good information, however, as a beginner, the use of abbreviations and jargon, while it might be understood by some folks, you really have to watch out for it and at least define a term once. I run into the same problem in speaking to physicians who assume everyone knows their language. For instance, it seems that there were some abbreviations for doing CW from the top of a mountain, or some other kind of thing, but that was never defined, however, hiring goats was amusing!

[@carlwatson3641]

Wow pretty good, will have to see where he goes

[@philipmcnamara4071]

Super video

[@SwtTrisha8]

Great find- just beginning. Jim by any chance did you ever know a Sgt Perano while in the Air force? He retired after 30 years as a Chief and was originally from Long Island , retired in Pensacola. Its a small world, so thought I would ask. Wish I had caught this at the beginning of the year and I would have joined your club but I hear you can join anytime?

[@beauregardduquesne3831]

Good day fellows. It been over 35 years since I did CW on a Beret team. We used the GR 109 Radio. So what do I need now to start keying, once I relearn the Morse code again. This time I have only 1 ear that works 40% the other is dead. Please give a a detailed list and I only do straight keys. Thank you guys for all the data that I didn’t know existed, haha! Ciao

[@jimorourke2771]

Good Job WC3G

[@JayN4GO]

Great teachers

[@ARRLHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidkudley6060]

I am a Korean vet navy signalman on uss essex cva9. Still can read and send light. What can I do with code talk once I get up to 12 women?

[@AlexTornado]

@@davidkudley6060 when you have 12 women you won't have time for any Morse code

[@davidkudley6060]

@@AlexTornado I mean words per minute.

[@bem1492a]

Thanks, gents! I enjoyed this. Do you have any additional info about "Z Band"? (about 32:20 in the video)

[@seal-teeth]

If I’m not mistaken, I think he said V band

[@bem1492a]

@@seal-teeth Thanks!

[@ARRLHQ]

Thanks for watching!

[@bel250]

I find this vlog so interesting...but what is CW? QSO? I'm so lost listening with all the jargons... someday, I would like to learn more about ham radio, perhaps when i'm retired, this will become my hobby...And did you guys obtain your code names? who assigned it? and how will I obtain my license?

[@joshuamejia2496]

I'd like to learn more about this.

[@brianrydzeski6108]

I keep searching for guides to where I can find CW transmissions at low speed. I see frequency plans, but how about some actual frequencies where the new people send CW so we can listen and learn? Might you have something to offer?

[@owsmith9094]

.72554 ABOVE

[@owsmith9094]

7255 AND ABOVE

[@schrodingerscat4769]

Can you communicate at 5 words per minutes?

[@macgyver5108]

"FOMO": Fear Of Morse On-air

[@nazairetetreault181]

O-25

[@nicky2591]

I'm not having much fun

[@christopherknowles]

The problem with getting an amateur radio license is these are the types of dudes you wind up talking to.

[@hokep61]

Your pretty much clueless about Ham radio aren't you?

[@christopherknowles]

@@hokep61 I have had a casual interest since like 7th grade, but every time I think about actually taking the tests and getting licensed the same problem always comes up- you can only talk to fat old bald nerds who would get amateur radio licenses. A lot of seemingly cool hobbies end up suffering from the community being insufferable.

[@yrath5034]

This is a fantastic video, but K1BIC should be ashamed of that horrific audio coming from the DSP imposed on us from his very obvious AirPods. :-) It really is hard to believe that we all accept this terrible audio just because the earbuds look pretty. Steve Jobs will be turning in his unmarked grave.

[@Rayxl1]

People don't realise that a CW or continuous wave cannot carry morse code as it needs to be broken up into dots and dashes. However it can be useful as a beacon or for checking swr on an antenna.

[@GeekWireless]

What if it is a phase modulated tone wave? e.g. psk

[@derhackerkatze]

It's understood that the CW is modulated by a key that turns it on and off. This is 100-year old terminology

[@Rayxl1]

@@derhackerkatze Yes, its not a continuous wave form.

[@derhackerkatze]

@@Rayxl1 But it is. As distinct from a transient wave from a spark gap. Edit: I'm pretty sure that's what the term arose to explain 100 yrs ago. Whether the tone produced by the oscillator was continuous, not the transmitted signal.

[@Rayxl1]

@Jack O'Bean I'm glad I'm not the only one that can understand it. I think the only CW that exists is the background radiation from the big bang as its been continuous since the beginning of time. M7AOE 73

[@jessstuart7495]

29:40 Link to Three Stooges Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHuqo5-LjaiNsMU Slowing the video down to 0.25 speed, and replaying it a bunch of times (I'm a beginner) I copied down PBKYSMTDMNVEZYL

[@nazairetetreault181]

Begginer

[@NG9D]

Long Island CW club does good work. Also, I think it's good to realize that when comparing CW with FT8 one should realize that FT8 limits an operator to only 31 characters per contact. FT8 allows communication of only call signs, signal reports and grid square locations. I have tried FT8, but missed the opportunity to have an actual conversation! In a CW contact, you can actually talk about station details, type of transceiver, antennas, weather or anything else that is on your mind - you can even learn the name of the person operating the other station!! Yes, learn the CW characters by sound, di dah dit, and then get on the air with a straight key and make 5 WPM contacts. After a few weeks on the air, with daily practice, all of the advice you have been given on how to learn CW will be amusing. kzbin.info 73 NG9D Lynn

[@hankosaurus]

A very useful and insightful discussion. Thank you! 73 de kc4i

[@danielgiraud2192]

Thanks, very helpful.73 de ZS5DG.

[@newtonfigueiredo8707]

Great presentation! Thanks a lot. DE PY4NF