CW Anchor Words Module 1 Slow Speed Workout

There are several common CW that operators should recognize instantly. These "anchor words" can be used to get back into a CW QSO if an operator gets lost. This brief 5 part course will help CW ops master common Anchor Words.

[@daveharveys]

This was a lightbulb moment for me , thank-you.

[@janiceemery2008]

Thank you.

[@cdherter1]

Thank you! I realized there was a sound issue after recording module 5. I will work on getting it fixed! Much appreciated. Chris

[@cdherter1]

Update on the volume issue: thanks again for bringing this up. When UA-cam placed adds at the beginning video, they are playing at full volume so when it's my turn to talk, it sounds like I'm whispering. I recorded the videos with marginal audio volume to start with, but that just makes it worse. There are no tools to increase the audio gain once a UA-cam video has been published, so I would have to take them all down and repost. I think it's best I leave these first few modules as they are to make sure my students don't get lost! But I agree with you, I need to pay closer attention to the audio from now on. Again, thanks for your feedback. 73s...

[@travistripp1530]

Great content. Please increase the recorded volume.

[@georgeetherege8347]

Fluent at 5 words per minute? Haven’t reached that yet-and I’ve been at this for a year. Doesn’t help that I’m 76. Oh, I can recognize individual letters/numbers sent at a letter-rate of 30 wpm but for a string of words I’m always one to two or three words behind. Of course this ruins my copy because while I’m processing a word I completely miss two or three following words-even at a word-rate of 5 wpm. (All head-copy; trying to avoid the dreaded 10 wpm “plateau.”) Also it’s difficult to practice with 5 wpm text because the ARRL Code files always include prosigns and punctuation, even in slow speed text. Who but the ARRL would include Morse for a “COMMA” in 5 words per minute code?! And apparently no one sends on-air Morse at anything close to 5 wpm. I laugh when I see the admonition for “Slow Speed Contest” participants to go no faster than 20 wpm(!). 20 words per minute is the old Extra requirement, a level which thousands of “Advanced” licensees and would be “Extras” never reached. Did you notice the Advanced Test has disappeared? General-to-Extra is much more doable than 13-to-20 wpm.
I’ll just keep on with single letters drills until I conquer instant recognition-it’s going to be a while.