Appreciate your sharing these little-seen clips and the backstory behind them. A good reminder that this is really a human pursuit, and not just mechanical. And the layers will unlock for people at varying points throughout the pursuit.
Love the two-tone concept! I often have a hard time distinguishing a Dit and Dah as a single character. Most likely do to some mild hearing damage in my left ear but not really sure. But it makes sense to me. Sounds like a problem for Bob W06W to solve. Bob can solve all the problems. Your welcome Bob ; )
Howard, this is so cool! I found the Patrice Rushen tune on UA-cam, but I can't find the video with CW accompanying the Dua Lipa tune. Any help would be appreciated.
Gary, glad to know you enjoyed the presentation. The Dua Lipa - Elton John video is 'Cold Heart' and member Ant NU1U added the CW. Here is the link to it: ua-cam.com/video/u2WemyFGeKk/v-deo.html
Howard, I don't know how I stumbled on this but it's interesting. I saw what you were trying to do with sending your call sign to the music. I had a hard time copying it because of the distraction of the music and the varied spacing to stay on beat. If the distraction of the music equates to QSB or QRM, I think I'd find that hard to copy for a whole QSO. Kind of like how hard it is to copy someone new to a bug. I could see that two tone method being useful. It was tough because it was different, but I think once you get used to it, it might be a neat tool. And the bass line was cool too. I really like when I hear CW in music, accidental or not. Dave Casler's youtube theme song has 5nn in it and I think it's just a coincidence. I don't think you were being down on the POTA crowd, but it came across just a little bit that way. As a guy who came into CW via POTA, the question is how do you pull people further in? There's a whole new wave of people learning CW for POTA, how do you get them to move past just call sign, 599, and state? SKCC? Other? To be fair, it's not much different in SSB.
The first station heard was ZDK Gibraltar Radio being British they spoke excellent English, the next station we encountered as we sailed into the Mediterranean was 9HD which was formerly British and they speak excellent English. Both excellent Morse stations.
Howard, the timing release of this video goes right along with what I have been experiencing lately on my CW journey. Yes, I needed to hear what you had to say in this video. Reposting video that bentrotor4917 posted: ua-cam.com/video/6XHwygN9CKM/v-deo.htmlsi=b-X1LNp_X69v0IKV 👍
I still count but narrowing the spacing from 12/7 and pushing myself during practice to 12/8-9. Frankly I am pleased for the audio technology upgrades since the 70's, That was a royal mess to my ears ;). I like the sound of the two tone CW. Playing music while listening to CW does not work for me, too distracting, it's like playing music during during a YT video or documentary while trying to hear what the speaker it trying to say about the subject, hard to do. Doing Morse with the chopsticks was neet. #266
Appreciate your sharing these little-seen clips and the backstory behind them. A good reminder that this is really a human pursuit, and not just mechanical. And the layers will unlock for people at varying points throughout the pursuit.
Love that bass!
Nice 👍
Thanks for the video Howard. Music and CW is like peanut butter and jelly!
Love the two-tone concept! I often have a hard time distinguishing a Dit and Dah as a single character. Most likely do to some mild hearing damage in my left ear but not really sure. But it makes sense to me. Sounds like a problem for Bob W06W to solve. Bob can solve all the problems. Your welcome Bob ; )
Howard, this is so cool! I found the Patrice Rushen tune on UA-cam, but I can't find the video with CW accompanying the Dua Lipa tune. Any help would be appreciated.
Gary, glad to know you enjoyed the presentation. The Dua Lipa - Elton John video is 'Cold Heart' and member Ant NU1U added the CW. Here is the link to it:
ua-cam.com/video/u2WemyFGeKk/v-deo.html
Our Father @ Studio 73, and Howard is thy name 😊
Howard, I don't know how I stumbled on this but it's interesting.
I saw what you were trying to do with sending your call sign to the music. I had a hard time copying it because of the distraction of the music and the varied spacing to stay on beat. If the distraction of the music equates to QSB or QRM, I think I'd find that hard to copy for a whole QSO. Kind of like how hard it is to copy someone new to a bug.
I could see that two tone method being useful. It was tough because it was different, but I think once you get used to it, it might be a neat tool. And the bass line was cool too. I really like when I hear CW in music, accidental or not. Dave Casler's youtube theme song has 5nn in it and I think it's just a coincidence.
I don't think you were being down on the POTA crowd, but it came across just a little bit that way. As a guy who came into CW via POTA, the question is how do you pull people further in? There's a whole new wave of people learning CW for POTA, how do you get them to move past just call sign, 599, and state? SKCC? Other? To be fair, it's not much different in SSB.
The first station heard was ZDK Gibraltar Radio being British they spoke excellent English, the next station we encountered as we sailed into the Mediterranean was 9HD which was formerly British and they speak excellent English. Both excellent Morse stations.
Actually it starts out with "The Lords Prayer, then it continues "Our father who art in hea....", then cuts off.
Howard, the timing release of this video goes right along with what I have been experiencing lately on my CW journey. Yes, I needed to hear what you had to say in this video. Reposting video that bentrotor4917 posted: ua-cam.com/video/6XHwygN9CKM/v-deo.htmlsi=b-X1LNp_X69v0IKV 👍
This was one of my favorite learning videos when I first started learning.
ua-cam.com/video/6XHwygN9CKM/v-deo.htmlsi=tOtSkKXPs-EfqX14
I still count but narrowing the spacing from 12/7 and pushing myself during practice to 12/8-9. Frankly I am pleased for the audio technology upgrades since the 70's, That was a royal mess to my ears ;). I like the sound of the two tone CW. Playing music while listening to CW does not work for me, too distracting, it's like playing music during during a YT video or documentary while trying to hear what the speaker it trying to say about the subject, hard to do. Doing Morse with the chopsticks was neet. #266