Great Demonstration Raymond. I use squeeze keying just like you and notice many people that have iambic keyers do not take full advantage of this technique. 73, Don (wd8dsb)
I'm learning Morse by myself. I take screen shots of the alphabet, Q codes, punctuation etc, and transcribe into a book. I've written out word lists, quotes and passages. I've looked at International, Japanese, Hebrew, and Russian codes, and I'm comparing them. I'm also researching the history of Morse Code. I'd like to look at naval and military records from WWII from USA, Australia & New Zealand, Europe, Russia and Japan, I would like to study how coders structure messages, how Q codes etc are used effectively. I'd also like to listen to archived recordings.
Hi Deb, grab hold of English alphabets and numerals first, then, simple Q codes for amateur radio use. Memorize the sounds of the entities rather than the visual dots-dashes because the latter does need one more level of interpretation in your brain. Join a local Morse class of amateur radio club if available. An experienced mentor renders great help.
I enjoyed the video. The equipment looks very stylish. Is this a self build? How many WPM was that? Is there a transcription? It was too fast for my untrained ears to understand, but I hope to be able to send and understand more than 20 WPM when I've been studying a while. Is there a course for civilians on International Morse Code, with a qualification attached? I'm also interested I taking a full Ham Radio Licence. I'm struggling to find a Ham club in Birmingham UK. I don't have a Ham Radio Kit yet.
The dual lever paddle is an American product (Bencher). The speed adopted is 25 words per minute. The commercial maritime service requires no more Morse code knowledge not to mention the amateur radio hobby. I suggest you to adopt a straight key to start your self-learning. A Morse class of an amateur radio club is definitely a great help.
Great Demonstration Raymond. I use squeeze keying just like you and notice many people that have iambic keyers do not take full advantage of this technique. 73, Don (wd8dsb)
Thanks, Don. The proper iambic fist can lessen the muscular stress of the palm.
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I'm learning Morse by myself. I take screen shots of the alphabet, Q codes, punctuation etc, and transcribe into a book. I've written out word lists, quotes and passages. I've looked at International, Japanese, Hebrew, and Russian codes, and I'm comparing them. I'm also researching the history of Morse Code. I'd like to look at naval and military records from WWII from USA, Australia & New Zealand, Europe, Russia and Japan, I would like to study how coders structure messages, how Q codes etc are used effectively. I'd also like to listen to archived recordings.
Hi Deb, grab hold of English alphabets and numerals first, then, simple Q codes for amateur radio use. Memorize the sounds of the entities rather than the visual dots-dashes because the latter does need one more level of interpretation in your brain. Join a local Morse class of amateur radio club if available. An experienced mentor renders great help.
I enjoyed the video. The equipment looks very stylish. Is this a self build? How many WPM was that? Is there a transcription? It was too fast for my untrained ears to understand, but I hope to be able to send and understand more than 20 WPM when I've been studying a while. Is there a course for civilians on International Morse Code, with a qualification attached? I'm also interested I taking a full Ham Radio Licence. I'm struggling to find a Ham club in Birmingham UK. I don't have a Ham Radio Kit yet.
The dual lever paddle is an American product (Bencher). The speed adopted is 25 words per minute. The commercial maritime service requires no more Morse code knowledge not to mention the amateur radio hobby. I suggest you to adopt a straight key to start your self-learning. A Morse class of an amateur radio club is definitely a great help.
Yeah, that's perfectly true....
Nice.
Thanks, Jim.
Good "coding."
Guess the old bencher is the way to go--comfortable as an old shoe!