Great video! I truthly learned cw like this too. In my qrz bio there's a link to an web app I made to help myself and I also made a study guide (as video, here in yt). The app does exactly what you say. I first learned cw back in 2000, but the wrong way. At the time I did many DX in CW but they were painful since I was reading it the wrong way. Now it's much better, I hear the whole word and only write down places of information. My vocabulary is far from ideal but it fits my purpose (DX) and it's slowly growing. Sharing your video, 73!
Hi André! I just bookmarked your web app. It's fantastic! Yeah, I'm like you, I learned morse code the wrong way the first time and had a hard time getting rid of bad habits until I started learning with the method described in my video. I'm also at the level of decoding some whole words now as well. I keep practicing daily and try to keep it fun. As always, thank you and 73!
Playlist of Morse Code Practice: ua-cam.com/video/hWIWbePqEkY/v-deo.html If you want to see more videos like this, help me grow my channel by hitting the like button and subscribing. Thank you!
Thank you so much for taking the time to highlight all of these, this is so incredibly helpful forgetting the rhythm down and visually understanding it... its one thing to memorize them all, its another to recall them so damn quick. So much muscle memory, it kind of seems like a meditation in a way, or being in "the zone".
I learned at Radioman A school at USCG tracen in Petaluma, Ca. They started us out with flash cards. It seems like it was in another life to me now. I believe it was 1978 or '79. Those were days of grace for sure.
You were lucky to have lived in the best of times and now you have wonderful memories. Sounds like fun times! They don't have schools like that anymore.
Excellent! The book “The CW Way of Life: Learning, Living, and Loving Morse Code (in a Digital World)” by Chris Rutkowski, validates the technique you share here. Highly recommended reading.
This is very good practice, an actual type of QSO...What I do is practice at 20WPM, with various web tools, there are many. but when I get on the bands, I am at 16 or 17 Words per minute for rag chew, and further to deal with QSB, QRN, and QRM...This works for me...DE NN2X / Tom
I have 1 question: If someone use cw a few years, so automatic read txt in mind just like words in talk? For example have a phones in ear and walk and can understand comunication or transmit txt key?
I started learning Morse code 3 years ago. First, I learned to recognize and master each character. With consistent practice, I gradually heard words instead of individual characters. I made it a habit to practice listening and sending every day. When I hear Morse code, I don't see text and convert it to letters/words. Instead, I hear Morse code and automatically understand the letters/words/phrases/sentences. It is like automatic language to me. This was my progression, and it may be different for others.
I agree with The Marconian. Neg 3C is a perfect way to say -3C. In RF Engineering, we often talk about receive levels using neg, i.e a -48dBm receive level would be spoken as "Neg 48 dBm".
@@dalewagnerW1EW Yeah okay fair enough but are people who actually use morse code sending something other than weather to eachother? Because that's the oncly thing I see on YT.
@@arthursandomine5464I guess that depends on the application. Potas and Sotas are intentionally short. Rag chews and conversational cw aren’t. Get out of the algorithm by making different choices. Merry Christmas 🎄
Great video! I truthly learned cw like this too. In my qrz bio there's a link to an web app I made to help myself and I also made a study guide (as video, here in yt). The app does exactly what you say. I first learned cw back in 2000, but the wrong way. At the time I did many DX in CW but they were painful since I was reading it the wrong way. Now it's much better, I hear the whole word and only write down places of information. My vocabulary is far from ideal but it fits my purpose (DX) and it's slowly growing.
Sharing your video, 73!
Hi André! I just bookmarked your web app. It's fantastic! Yeah, I'm like you, I learned morse code the wrong way the first time and had a hard time getting rid of bad habits until I started learning with the method described in my video. I'm also at the level of decoding some whole words now as well. I keep practicing daily and try to keep it fun. As always, thank you and 73!
Playlist of Morse Code Practice:
ua-cam.com/video/hWIWbePqEkY/v-deo.html
If you want to see more videos like this, help me grow my channel by hitting the like button and subscribing. Thank you!
Thank you so much for taking the time to highlight all of these, this is so incredibly helpful forgetting the rhythm down and visually understanding it... its one thing to memorize them all, its another to recall them so damn quick. So much muscle memory, it kind of seems like a meditation in a way, or being in "the zone".
I learned at Radioman A school at USCG tracen in Petaluma, Ca. They started us out with flash cards. It seems like it was in another life to me now. I believe it was 1978 or '79. Those were days of grace for sure.
You were lucky to have lived in the best of times and now you have wonderful memories. Sounds like fun times! They don't have schools like that anymore.
Excellent! The book “The CW Way of Life: Learning, Living, and Loving Morse Code (in a Digital World)” by Chris Rutkowski, validates the technique you share here. Highly recommended reading.
Putting it on my reading list after checking it out on Amazon. Thank you for the recommendation!
This is very good practice, an actual type of QSO...What I do is practice at 20WPM, with various web tools, there are many. but when I get on the bands, I am at 16 or 17 Words per minute for rag chew, and further to deal with QSB, QRN, and QRM...This works for me...DE NN2X / Tom
Muito bom. É assim mesmo que se começa no CW...
I never did develop the acumen for CW even though I'm from the 20 wpm era. Maybe this will help.
What a godsend!
I have 1 question: If someone use cw a few years, so automatic read txt in mind just like words in talk? For example have a phones in ear and walk and can understand comunication or transmit txt key?
I started learning Morse code 3 years ago. First, I learned to recognize and master each character. With consistent practice, I gradually heard words instead of individual characters. I made it a habit to practice listening and sending every day. When I hear Morse code, I don't see text and convert it to letters/words. Instead, I hear Morse code and automatically understand the letters/words/phrases/sentences. It is like automatic language to me. This was my progression, and it may be different for others.
@@themarconian Great!
Жду еще! Очень хорошо!!
Did this guy make a few videos and then just disappear from existence?
How do you guys describe negative wx Celcius temperature in cw?
This is a great question. I have used the hyphen or minus for CW but prefer to send shortened negative as NEG in CW.
@@themarconian tu and 73
I agree with The Marconian. Neg 3C is a perfect way to say -3C. In RF Engineering, we often talk about receive levels using neg, i.e a -48dBm receive level would be spoken as "Neg 48 dBm".
Блестяще!!!
Спасибо
I catch the E. Sound good.
Why im learning morse now. ? I dont know. Strange human behaviour. Regards from France
Good video but I can't see the transcript.
Why the crap does everyone using HAM always talk about the damn weather?! Is'nt it anything else that could be more interesting to send and recieve?!
Ham isn't an acronym.
@@xanderlewis That was not the question bro
Who cares what is said. It’s great practice. Exactly what it’s intended for.
@@dalewagnerW1EW Yeah okay fair enough but are people who actually use morse code sending something other than weather to eachother? Because that's the oncly thing I see on YT.
@@arthursandomine5464I guess that depends on the application. Potas and Sotas are intentionally short. Rag chews and conversational cw aren’t. Get out of the algorithm by making different choices. Merry Christmas 🎄
Thanks. I learned some new abbreviations - FRM, SLD, CLDY, and RPT. I'll have to remember to use those on my next QSO! DE K7RLN