Learn Morse Code - Lesson 2

[@gotomt]

KZbin fed me your first video and I have found it to be brilliant. Exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you for the effort that you have made to further amateur radio, and my learning!!

[@Yvon-uu6oc]

This is brilliant. I've tried other methods but have learned more from your videos. Looking forward to continuing.

[@janiceemery2008]

Thank you for providing this CW training.

[@Trooper25dad]

This guy has an amazing teaching style. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. In addition you have a very smooth, reassuring, and patient radio voice.

[@SteveBrace]

I'm really enjoying this and finding it easy to follow so far... I really don't understand the dislikes on these videos! Still; it's all engagement :) (Adds like)

[@k9kj]

Hi Steve, thanks for watching. I understand that some of these videos are not like the coolest production quality, but I'm just making them just to try to help evangelize CW and help give people different options for learning. I appreciate your comment!

[@daveengstrom9250]

@@k9kj Well, its work'n.

[@rossbassette7518]

Excellent Presentation!!! You can sit back with your eyes closed and yell out the letters

[@k9kj]

@@rossbassette7518 thanks for watching!

[@thequarantinecatholic]

I have been listening to your videos for weeks. And, I still laugh at your jokes even after listening to the video over and over and over again. I just love this series so much! You are a great Elmer, such a wonderful pedagogical style!

[@k9kj]

So wild! They must be dad jokes! Hahaaa. Thank you again for watching!

[@thequarantinecatholic]

@@k9kj see here i am again watching this video, every day while doing chores, i go thru the playlist when I make my first QSO, Ill let you know, i had a baby CW QSO with training wheels in a LICW class last year - all the Best, KI5WEP 73s [I really want to be an exclusive CW op - just scored a sweet KX3 mint!]

[@k9kj]

@@thequarantinecatholic wow cool on the KX3! You are on beast mode !!

[@aleeshacampbell129]

How are you doing now??

[@flybike2210]

Really enjoying the series so far. Just taking my time reviewing before starting a new lesson. Not too fast or too slow and lots of great tips. Thank you for your efforts to put these together!

[@k9kj]

Thanks for watching!

[@charlesschotta4005]

Something I realized last night, regarding watching the screen: I found myself watching him key the letters (rather than just listening). Hmm! So now, I'm listening with the screen minimized on the computer. 🙂

[@k9kj]

Very good point! I've thought about not having it on video... Just so hard to figure out what I should have on the screen 😁😁😁

[@charlesschotta4005]

@@k9kj I'm envisioning various pics of pinup girls with code keys! 😀

[@jakeski3142]

@@k9kjSalma Hayek?

[@jakeski3142]

I put my old corded earbuds in and watch the baseball game

[@wkjagt]

These videos are excellent, thank you for sharing them. For some reason, I kept confusing the A and the N. But then when you showed the M, I started seeing the N as an M that ends early (just like the written N and M), and now I don't confuse the N and A anymore. Not sure this makes sense to anyone other myself lol.

[@Yvon-uu6oc]

Re the a and the n.... me too!

[@k9kj]

I appreciate you watching and I'm glad it's helping!

[@Real_LiamOBryan]

Yeah. I'm just now going through the videos, and I sometimes have a hard time telling if it was dit dah, or dah dit, for some reason. Also, every now and then, but rarely, I can hear an 'a' and think that it is an 'i'.

[@Trooper25dad]

The letter “e” is the most common vowel used and the letter “t” is the most common constant so it makes logical sense that they are one element letters

[@norbertomontalvo]

excellent! thanks for the time and effort! I was making my first contacts on cw and had to stop due to covid. its been 3+ months now, been focusing on other things. your making me refresh everything hopefully it sticks and i can commit time to it.

[@k9kj]

Thanks for watching and keep practicing!

[@DAbibliophile]

I'm in highschool and I've always been interested in learning morse code. It's the summer and I decided to learn it. Your videos have been the most helpful so far and I'm really grateful that you made this series. There are always gonna be some haters lurking around but know that they don't deserve that you give them any thought.

[@k9kj]

Very cool! And thank you for the kind words. Just looking for ways to help!

[@vesta7777]

선생님의 강의가 많은 도움이 됩니다 감사드립니다 thank you from South Korea

[@strickles1960]

Hello from Belgium Europe, thx for yours video it's very easy to understand. thx angain, Serge

[@daveengstrom9250]

Hey man, this is the bomb. This really helps make it easier for me.

[@pierpasqualelopolito-d3f]

complimenti davvero un metodo davvero eccellente per chi non ha tanto tempo a disposizione, unire la manipolazione all'ascolto binomio perfetto. GRAZIE

[@k9kj]

Grazie!

[@bladeflapUH60]

I'm really enjoying this video series.

[@pathopkins4500]

thank you. Thank you, Thank you very much .... very well done and learning by sound like a language is superb way to learn =)

[@mikenewman3814]

Like your style of CW training. Thank you KI6FPE. Mike

[@k9kj]

Thank you Mike, I'm just trying to help folks out here, so if you have suggestions, please do not hold back.

[@81brassglass79]

Thank you for the videos 🙏 currently eating leftover pizza and sipping coffee while learning a much forgotten language

[@hanssandink3446]

i think the course is great. Maybe the tekst off the praktis can be given to control your zelf.

[@LosPeregrinos51]

So far so good! Thanks 👍

[@michaelpriest6242]

I am with you, my friend. Thank you, and 73.

[@k9kj]

I'm glad Michael! I'm here to help!

[@michaelpriest6242]

@k9kj On my 3rd time through this lesson in 30ish hours, and feeling dull because I didn't yet feel ready to move on, I keyed on your encouragement to stay here a week if I needed to and make sure that I had the letters cold and hard before worrying about going to the next level. You have already helped me. Thank you.

[@paulclark7664]

Im enjoying this 😅

[@RemigiuszSkrzypek-si1hs]

Very nice job firm cw lesson

[@k9kj]

Thanks s for watching

[@laikatravels]

Thanks for this

[@letseatsteak]

I'm taking this opportunity to learn ASL at the same time by signing each letter as I say it. Can't think of any reason not to.

[@k9kj]

That's a great idea! My sister knows ASL. Great idea

[@arnellopez5557]

starting to learn with my eye close but sometime peep to see which pedal did you hit...73

[@k9kj]

Haaa! I love it !

[@Real_LiamOBryan]

Yeah! I'm closing my eyes as I go through the video each time, but if I miss something, then I rewind a tad, open them back up, and check what was keyed (it's much easier, for me, to tell the difference between characters when watching them be keyed).

[@HonkyMonky]

this is the best

[@k9kj]

@@HonkyMonky thank you for watching!

[@HonkyMonky]

@k9kj thank you for sharing !

[@thork0tjt515]

This is awesome. Do you recommend listening and practice sending at the same time?

[@oli0808]

Practice both. Your keying ability will quickly surpass your copying ability which should spur you on to get good at copying.

[@k9kj]

Yes, if you can! As oli808 mentioned, you will get better at keying, but that's ok! Keep going! Good luck and have fun!

[@margaretrutherford7834]

Morserino 32❤

[@wicapiwicasa1639]

Suggestions for practicing? Also what paddle you recommend for practicing

[@k9kj]

I have a couple videos on practice, but would recommend a paddle that is a little better than a really cheap one. Quality seems to count.

[@wicapiwicasa1639]

There are various devices on Amazon I’m up in the air

[@AirwolfBadarse]

I get all letters right except K and R. I mjght have to go over it a few times

[@w4baham]

Would practicing the letters on the paddles help any or would it be best to learn the alphabet & numbers before buying anything?

[@k9kj]

I think anytime that you can also practice sending will be helpful! Even if you embark on purchasing a paddle that is on the more expensive side, know that you can always get most of your money out of it if you wanted to resell it

[@Aimsport-video]

At about 4 letters a key, how do I switch between the 9-10 different keys needed quickly enough to have a QSO using the whole alphabet? “The quick brown fox…” sentence would be brutal and cost well over $2k in keys to send. Explain Like I’m Five.

[@oli0808]

10 should do it, you can connect them all in parallel.

[@Aimsport-video]

@@oli0808 Ah, genius. Will do!

[@AirwolfBadarse]

I find watching him key the letters to be more distracting. Listening rather than watching is actually easier to process

[@blugoose86]

nice key

[@k9kj]

They are not crazy expensive... He is very active on Facebook - Tapio OH1KB

[@blugoose86]

@@k9kj Well, I've got 4 keys for now. A straight key, a bencher, an MFJ, a little piece of crap plastic paddle key that shocked me that it sells for around $60.00, and a tiny paddle that was affixed on top of a pixie qrp rig. It's cute but the rig doesn't work yet. One paddle paddle is silent. Right now I'm just trying to get on the air. My apt. is 100 yrs old so lathe & plaster walls and lots and lots of chicken wire. Indoor antenna is out of the question and there is no yard to put anything up outside. Going to try and build a loop, but I'm old, disabled, and on SS. Uncle Sam thinks at my age I should just sit and watch paint dry until I die. It takes me a couple months to gather the parts together for a project. My goal is to be on the air by January 1st for straight key night. But.... if we get that so called 4th stimulus check, I'll be looking for one of these. They look so cool. have a great weekend coming up. - - . . . . . . - -

[@Darklor_WCF]

Are you Finnish-American??

[@k9kj]

I am not, but I have many Finnish friends!

[@Darklor_WCF]

@@k9kj ah okay, i just noticed what appears to be Finnish and American flags on the key 73 KI7AVR

[@k9kj]

@@Darklor_WCF yes, it was from my friend in Finland. He designed and made that paddle for me

[@Echelon_Sky_Denver]

I can not understand why you are teaching with a poorly adjusted keyer. Also, why are you giving ten to 20 random characters with no instruction? Wouldn't it be better to spell a word and then tell us what you keyed? After these lessons, you will have lost a follow because you .../..-/-.-./-.-

[@k9kj]

Just trying to help out where I can man. Trying to get folks interested and excited about CW. Sorry for the terrible quality.

[@Real_LiamOBryan]

No. I prefer it the way he is doing it. If you have a pattern, like when doing words, then (especially when rewatching the video) you can build up a memory of what is coming next and not actually learn the characters being sent.

[@DAbibliophile]

I actually like his method. The quality isn't bad, atleast to me and he's getting his message across. You don't like it, you can leave quietly.

[@va7txr551]

Yelling these babies out loud… laying in bed beside my sleeping gal at 1am 😂🫣😵

[@k9kj]

Hahaaaaa love it!!

[@ardatekin9079]

Quite exciting, I enjoy the way you teach. Thank you very much for your effort, 73 de TA4KDC

[@danielgiraud2192]

Thanks de ZS5DG