Love all of your information. At 73 and retired I have taken up CW again after not being on it for about 50 years to keep my brain in good shape. Plus Hams do not cuss on CW...he he de WB7ORB
Dave, good video. Well sent CW with a straight key is a talent and takes practice. Personally, learned with a straight key and moved up to a paddle. While the paddle has a much different feel and produces great code, it almost feels like it's too easy to send code, at times. A good Elmer friend of mine (uses a bug on CW) often copies 35 wpm CW in his head and kiddingly calls me an 'appliance operator' lol, because of modern radios and technological advancements in the hobby. I suppose he is right to a certain extent, since many modern day hams don't put our shacks together from radio kits much anymore or strictly home-brew antennas. Technology moves on, like everything else, but many still like the challenge of building our gear. 73, AC3HT
I found one in 1974ish handbook. I did a board layout for it and i will be soldering it together next month when i have time. If it works properly i will send you one
Iambic refers to the meter of poetic lines, An iamb is a pair of syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed. Many of Shakespeare's plays were written in iambic pentameter, where each line has five iambs, sounding like "daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM. For example: "Yon Cassius has a mean and hungry look." In Morse code this sounds like di-dah-di-dah-di-dah-di-dah-di-dah. And that's exactly what an iambic keyer does if you hold BOTH paddles at the same time.
If you are learning the code I was taught to use a straight key and a basic practice Keyer. Keep it simple until you can receive and send at least 15 wpm. Then you can move up to paddles and memory keyers.
Love all of your information. At 73 and retired I have taken up CW again after not being on it for about 50 years to keep my brain in good shape. Plus Hams do not cuss on CW...he he de WB7ORB
you are very correct in saying it's easier to send than understand what is coming back at you to understand.
Dave, good video. Well sent CW with a straight key is a talent and takes practice. Personally, learned with a straight key and moved up to a paddle. While the paddle has a much different feel and produces great code, it almost feels like it's too easy to send code, at times. A good Elmer friend of mine (uses a bug on CW) often copies 35 wpm CW in his head and kiddingly calls me an 'appliance operator' lol, because of modern radios and technological advancements in the hobby. I suppose he is right to a certain extent, since many modern day hams don't put our shacks together from radio kits much anymore or strictly home-brew antennas. Technology moves on, like everything else, but many still like the challenge of building our gear. 73, AC3HT
CW Academy! It's a great way to learn CW and improve speed! Highly recommend!
I found one in 1974ish handbook. I did a board layout for it and i will be soldering it together next month when i have time. If it works properly i will send you one
Iambic refers to the meter of poetic lines, An iamb is a pair of syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed. Many of Shakespeare's plays were written in iambic pentameter, where each line has five iambs, sounding like "daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM. For example: "Yon Cassius has a mean and hungry look." In Morse code this sounds like di-dah-di-dah-di-dah-di-dah-di-dah. And that's exactly what an iambic keyer does if you hold BOTH paddles at the same time.
They're called iambic keyers after the rhyming scheme of many poets, i.e.,
iambic pentameter. I use a Code Warrior Jr from Vibroplex.
Morserino and Morse-it iOS app plus the vband key to usb gadget are interesting options as well.
If you are learning the code I was taught to use a straight key and a basic practice Keyer. Keep it simple until you can receive and send at least 15 wpm. Then you can move up to paddles and memory keyers.
Just fyi your video title has a typo. You used a v instead of c