The BEST WAY to learn Morse Code

So, you want to learn Morse Code? Watch this first!!! This is the best way to do it!!!!
There is a right and wrong way to learn Morse Code. Doing it the wrong way will hinder your ability to learn as well as put a cap on your speed. Learn it the way I am going to show you and you will succeed and it will fuel your passion for CW!
Link to CW app I use: www.iz2uuf.net...

[@richylad]

Hi, I stopped learning Morse for 6 months ish because I had been counting the dits and dahs, to hopefully forget what I learned, but nope, same as yourself there are still some letters that that I stall on because I default to counting on those letters, for anyone else reading this, don’t write, don’t count, just listen, and learn different ways, Morse ninja plays the Morse then says the letter, I think that is the better way to start out, 73👍

[@MimiKhourySelfMadeMtl]

I was lost ... until I found you! Thank you soooo much for sharing your experience with us, you have made our cw journey safe, giving us the right track to follow in learning this language. Peace

[@wjess3569]

Great classes on Long Island CW Club..

[@weldonkube9387]

Thanks for the video. Your story is so similar to mine. First tried learning in the 80s. Then again 4 or 5 years ago without success. Am now 4 months into it using the methods you talk about and am experiencing the same struggles. Great advise and will share your video with other beginners

[@Aimsport-video]

Absolutely correct. Head copy is the way. Any app that forces tapping the heard copy on screen is fatally flawed. Great video.

[@sparrowhawk3894]

I learned code in 1964 Navy Radioman School. Had to copy 18 words per minute minimum to graduate. Sitting in front of an old Royal typewriter, Large placard letters around top of room (entire A - Z with Dit's and dah's under the letter), headphones on head and we would hear . _ or (Dit dah) long wait while we found that placard and typed A. It then sped up (over time) until we could just hear and type the letter. We did that for half a day. The other half of the day was spent learning basic electronics. 24 weeks of school and never used code again for 12 years. I never forgot it but I did get slower until I got back up to speed. I don't think they even teach it now and Radioman are called Information Technologist these days. Their may be a special high intensity school if needed now but I'm not sure.

[@danielvia8705]

Hey Sparky! ITC here. Yes, Radioman merged with Data Processing in the late 90's to create Information Technology Specialists (IT). They recently merged the submarine electronics technicians (ETR) with IT to make the ITS sub-rate. IT "A" school is held at Corry Station in Pensacola, FL and is about 6 months long. From there, active duty Sailors will go on to a "C" school in systems administration (think servers and datacenters) in Norfolk, VA, or remain at Corry Station for radio school (all shipboard systems). Reservists went to their reserve center and gaining command after "A" school. As for me, I got hitched to an expeditionary comms detachment after "A" school. Best gig ever being a ham and being an IT-type person. We handled "green" gear, setting up comms centers for cargo battalions. In those same comms centers, we deployed mobile data centers so the modern wonders of computers, servers, secure phones, video conferencing, data-sharing, and other nice-to-haves are available in a tactical environment. We worked alongside the ET's to pull it all together. I still visit BB-64 in Norfolk once in a while to relive the radio room of what the Spark's before me did. I never served on a ship, but I still learned quite a bit about the Coke machine and all the tuners, receivers, and transmitters onboard. It's impressive!

[@southernexposure123]

I've been off cw maybe 7 to 10 years and I was on every day back then. You just taught me I was counting dits and dahs. I capped out at about 35 WPM believe it or not. I just today started listening to W1AW and I'm down to 10 WPM. I'm taking your advice because I learned today that I now need more time between letters sometimes to count.

[@CanyoneerDuke]

so glad I saw your video. I'm thinking about learning and using CW and what you said makes perfect sense and has completely changed my paradigm. Thank you!

[@UnderTheBigOak]

I do agree the sound is the best, like learning a foreign language. Comes with practice and usage. Great video!

[@sonnyjrcruz3022]

thank for that good share. Got to search now what apps I have for IOS. Cheers 73

[@TheHadgee]

Nice one, I'm the same learnt at 12wpm but RSGB lowered to 5WPM so I bottled it and took the 5WPM instead. I never really used it so lost most of what I had gained. This way is the best way and makes so much sense. I am looking to picking up my decoding and speed again too. I have downloaded the app and will persevere and maybe catch you on the sir one day. Great video, 73 Ellis M5AEI

[@junquecollector]

I agree, seeing dots and dashes on a page is poor learning practice. Counting the dots and dashes seems easiest to learn but it will have to be unlearned to get much faster. The hardest part I had with code was transitioning from 5 to 10 wpm (having to translate the dots and dashes into letters) to actually hearing a sound and recognizing it as a letter. Now the hurdle has been hearing complete words rather than individual letter. I have found there is no substitute for getting on the air. Higher speed conversational CW is more like another language. I feel you are on the right track to improving your speed and fist. W9DP

[@moistmoustache420]

iv been wanting to learn cw since i got my license but this video gave me the push to actually do it :)

[@DK5ONV]

Happy Holidays are sent into the Grand Canyon State. 73 de Uncle Guenter💯👍🙋‍♂

[@vrvsundaram]

Txu this is the thing. Great idea Learn to something ---- Erase everything

[@phildurall7466]

"Sound" advice! Back in the day, this was the biggest impediment to many even getting a license. It is a shame that the methods used now were not as widely used or available back then. tnx! 73 - KF6IF

[@bierakanus5463]

CW is a funny thing, I work with ex military and they all tell tales of how they could send and decode 60 groups per minute and 40 wpm. It's the big fish story. Magically, none of them can remember anything but they'll tell you how fast they use to be.

[@binder098]

Amen, brother!

[@fly1327]

Perhaps a learning method, but frankly plain old slow CW works. As you speed up, it's not dots and dashes but letters you hear. Then whole words, then even sentence fragments. By the time I got my Extra class as a teen, I was already listening and talking at 40 wpm with others who could, of course slowing way down when needed. Here's the catch: Once CW is subconscious it's forever. You'll find yourself tapping out your thoughts as you think them. You'll find yourself tapping out movie dialogue near real time while you're watching. I haven't used CW on air in nearly 40 years. Doesn't matter, it won't stop, apparently can't be turned off, ever. I'm not joking. I'm used to it.

[@Ed-vi6tg]

I did not have the same experience. I could copy 30-wpm solid by ear. Sold all my equipment, I did not use CW for about 45 years. I recently started to learn CW 45 years later, I was at zero wpm but quickly attained 20wpm. but not by ear yet. The only way you can maintain speed is to use it continuously IMO,

[@ke6ziu]

I used Code Quick back when you were required to learn code!

[@AlexGtheOG90]

I learned all the letters and numbers. Now I just need to worry on copying.

[@theexperimentalcqdx4208]

Sound recognition is the only way...

[@seanfoley7097]

This is what I'm using now

[@reggiehodges6784]

I'm having the same trouble.