#morsecode
Cool video from the NSA about the US still maintaining Morse Code capability, and why. h/t @KE0FFT #MorseCode #hamradio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh88Y2_33GI
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I uploaded the K7QO Code Course 4.0 to the Internet Archive — https://archive.org/details/k7qo_code_course_4p0
This is the most recent version (late 1025) I could find on Chuck K7QO's archived site. There are worse ways to learn CW / Morse code, but there aren't cheaper ways
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So this morning I was listening to this net while working and decided to take a few minutes to check in. I wished all the folks who "sound like they're sick with or recovering from COVID a swift and strong recovery."
I also shared my pronouns, which they totally bungled in the notes which is, like, maximum #HamRadio
I also asked all the folks complaining about young whippersnappers using software to do #MorseCode to consider how the apps improve the accessibility of the hobby and how much kindness it would show to cut them some slack.
#AmateurRadio #TransHams
I greatly enjoyed taking part in the CQ WW CW contest! 😀
Pre-contest, I had 68 DXCC regions confirmed via #MorseCode contacts in lotw. Personal contest goal was to up that number.
With my inner city QRP 5 W and simple dipole antenna station, I reached 45 DXCC regions, 13 of which not yet lotw-confirmed in CW. What a harvest! 😁
My plan to reach SE-Asia didn't work out. I heard Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand - but on 10 m, those did not hear me. It was 15 m that delivered nicely, and 20 helped!
My 7th year anniversary doing the amateur radio activity called Summits On The Air. Celebrated by activating my 123rd summit today. Then it was San Gabriel Peak with a giant Buddipole and tripod and I only managed a few contacts with a borrowed radio. Today had a much lighter set of gear. Since that day 7 years ago I've made 1,906 contacts of which 1,563 were done using morse! Which was a thing I didn't even know how to do 7 years ago. 73!
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #SOTA #SoCalSOTA #MorseCode
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@N0ZB how about this J-45 variant of J-37? That clamp... hurts my leg... #morsecode
Well, third time the charm again. I really need some dropped letter training. I copied today's #Morsle at 40 WPM! https://morsle.fun #morsecode
A Toe-Tappin’ Set of Morse Code Pedals
#peripheralshacks #coppertape #morsecode #nerfbullets #hackaday
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A Toe-Tappin’ Set of Morse Code Pedals - What’s the worst thing about traditional Morse keyers? If you ask us, it’s the fac... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/24/a-toe-tappin-set-of-morse-code-pedals/ #peripheralshacks #nerfbullets #coppertape #morsecode
A Toe-Tappin’ Set of Morse Code Pedals https://hackaday.com/2023/11/24/a-toe-tappin-set-of-morse-code-pedals/ #PeripheralsHacks #Nerfbullets #coppertape #morsecode
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I feel like as a beginner, being in 'BC' makes things difficult for people to understand whether I'm giving them my location or sending control BK to them... just one dit of difference.
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Some ITU documents are surprisingly easy to read and can be valuable sources of information. That said, we in #hamradio have the right to deviate from the operating procedures of the maritime and such services, and so we do. So take with a good number of grains of salt what you find in ITU documents, including in the official #MorseCode definition https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/m/R-REC-M.1677-1-200910-I!!PDF-E.pdf . For one example, the "starting signal (to precede every transmission)" is pretty much never used by us.
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Random thoughts: DLARC on Radio Survivor podcast, open-source software packaging, speed key test
https://www.kb6nu.com/random-thoughts-dlarc-on-radio-survivor-podcast-open-source-software-packaging-speed-key-test/
#hamradio #dlarc #MorseCode
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Join me at noon PST for some Morse Runner practice! https://youtube.com/live/uw01BTpG9JE?feature=share #HamRadio #MorseCode #MorseRunner
@KC8JC oh SNAP! can you post links to the threads you are following? awhile back, there was a TOTALLY interesting thread about #MorseCode where most of the participants were NOT hams. so cool!
Feeling relaxed after the weekly friendly ragchew hour via #MorseCode on the 2m band with a friend and neighbor.
After warmup, our two rigs tend to differ in frequency by about 110 Hz; initially some 60 Hz more or so.
110 Hz on 2 m... if our rigs were clocks, they would be off by about 2 seconds per months.
The precision modern technology delivers is amazing!
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If you hunt a #POTA and they don’t “dit dit” does it really count?
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Just logged TX7L (French Polynesia) on 20m #hamradio #morsecode !
I keep saying that getting on the air is the best way to increase your #MorseCode speed. More specifically, traffic nets are the way to increase your speed and head copy.
I am finally to the point where I am no longer writing anything down other that callsigns on the Ohio slow net. And can send and receive traffic without getting scared.
The regular net is hectic, though.
I have been having so much fun sending #RadioGrams to people lately!
Some nice Morse code and SSB (voice) heard reflecting off the aurora this evening. I was a bit too late to make a contact, but there you go.
The #MorseCode requirements for all shortwave #hamradio ops of yesteryear was required by ITU's "Radio Regulatons". For a good, practical reason: Hams could service Morse code emergency traffic of ships in distress on the high seas, SOS and all that. This saved quite a few lives.
In the 1990s, computers took over and radiomen went off board. These computers use Morse code no more, SOS is gone. So the code requirement was dropped first from ITU's RR, then most places followed.
Where's a good place to start with CW? Single or double paddle? #hamradio #cw #morsecode
Machine Teaches Morse Code https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/machine-teaches-morse-code/ #instructograph #classichacks #RadioHacks #morsecode #papertape #hamradio
Machine Teaches Morse Code - If you are a ham radio operator of a certain age, you probably remember ads for “T... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/machine-teaches-morse-code/ #instructograph #classichacks #radiohacks #morsecode #papertape #hamradio
I just heard in a video on the "No Boilerplate" channel: "After the #apocalypse , I would like to know a #morsecode operator. Alternatively, before the apocalypse comes, I should quickly learn morse code myself." I like that :-D
#hamradio
If asked to slow down your #MorseCode transmission speed, PLEASE prefer Farnsworth-type breaks between your letters over all other deviations from standard timing.
In particular so if you can't (or are unwilling to) adjust your dot speed.
"Bug" (Vibroplex) users sometimes resort to overlong dashes. The result can be quite as hard to copy than the original sending too fast was.
As always: Sending what your QSO partner can't copy is a waste of time.
After this afternoon's #SOTA activation I now have 918 #MorseCode QSOs as a SOTA Activator for the year. Only 82 more to go to get my goal of 1000! #HamRadio
Join me at lunch for some #MorseRunner practice! https://youtube.com/live/ZpPSpJqzR7I?feature=share #HamRadio #MorseCode
Tough to tell if it's a random sample or not... I copy "NAWS DE CF5IIZ RF113 KRF1339 44J5BL" -- which is either the beginning of some kind of contest exchange or? #hamradio #morsecode
@ve3qbz @ai6yr @kc2ihx @ingalls lately, I have been checking into CW traffic nets and sending #RadioGram s to my friends on their birthdays. So cool to originate a message via #MorseCode over the air.
It has for many years been a goal of mine to call CQ in a #hamradio contest in #MorseCode without fear, and enjoy the experience. The problem: Contest-typical 25ish wpm speeds. As @ei8kd noticed: Many ops don't slow down. 🙄
I finally did it! At 20 wpm (ready to QRS!), I called CQ WAG as part of the DL0ABT team last weekend!
FB conditions. QSO rates of 60/hour resulted, over a total of 3+ hours. I greatly enjoyed! 🙂 😀 😁
And have a feeling my "human speed" is attractive to others!
Global News BC: B.C. Scouts connect with counterparts using ham radio, Morse code, and online chat rooms https://globalnews.ca/news/10041831/b-c-scouts-connect-with-counterparts-using-ham-radio-morse-code-and-online-chat-rooms/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Morsecode #HamRadio #Kelowna #Canada #Scouts #World #B.C.
and I'm dangerously close to completing my #morsecode goal for the year. Only 104 more CW QSOs to 1000 as a #SOTA Activator!
⚫➖ The Tono Theta 7000 is a communication computer, a kind donation from a radio amateur. With it, you can transmit and receive Morse code, Baudot code, and ASCII.
#computermuseum #computerhistory #slovenia #ljubljana #softwareheritage #retrocomputing #nostalgia #radioamateur #nostalgi #baudotcode #vintage #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #retro #europee #morsecode #retrocomms
It seems like #POTA got alot of older people (like, my age) into #MorseCode . I am totally happy to see/hear so much CW activity. and even better to hear slower/manageable CW on the bands.
@ingalls I am a CW dork, so I never mention it to anyone. #MorseCode
Looking to Ditch Twitter? Morse Code Is Back | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/morse-code-back-looking-ditch-twitter-180981309/ #hamradio #amateurradio #morsecode #cw
Playing a #trivia game while also learning how to use the #AmateuRadio #NTS National Traffic System? Yes, I'll do it. Wonder if I can send it in via #MorseCode ?
Playing a #trivia game while also learning how to use the #AmateuRadio #NTS National Traffic System? Yes, I'll do it. Wonder if I can send it in via #MorseCode ?
Be the chaos you want to see in the skies. Include your pronouns when introducing yourself on #HamRadio digi modes.
Trying to figure out how I could work Morse code into a new song I've just barely started writing, instead of comping vocals on a song I should've already been done re-producing and mixing by now. :catPOWER: :AAAAAA:
#MusicProduction #ADHD #ADHDMusicians #ADHDer #NeuroDivergent #MorseCode #Music #IndieMusic
Fascinating to see that the expedition to the #Titanic (currently in #legal dispute) is all about the #Marconi #radio and #MorseCode https://apnews.com/article/titanic-expedition-rmst-marconi-radio-ce027ac27d8f4804304b5f33fa471dda
So, I checked into the Hit and Bounce Slow Net this morning. It was kinda scary, cuz they send a little faster than I am comfortable with, but I made it into the log.
I am trying to listen in on the Hit and Bounce Net, a slow speed #MorseCode net on 7112 every day when I can, but it seems kinda scary. I need to totally read up on the nuances of #CW nets.
Read how I operated #QRPp 1 WATT or LESS #AmateurRadio #hamradio #POTA #parksontheair #Morsecode activation using a 9 Volt / 200mah battery with a QCX Mini transceiver, @Tuftelndotnet Antenna, #Radioadvgenturepaddle
https://hamonabike.blogspot.com/2023/08/this-does-more-than-power-your-smoke.html
I had so much fun with this setup for yesterday's #hamradio #amateurradio #morsecode #radioadventure paddle #qrpradio #qcxmini #QRPp @Tuftelndotnet #EFHW antenna #pota #parksontheair activation that now "Vader" wants in on the action today.
Going to need the power of "The Force" for this morning's #QRPp 9v/200mAh #morsecode #parksontheair #pota activation with my #qrpradio #qcxmini into my @Tuftelndotnet 40 m #EFHW antenna #endfedantenna #amateurradio #hamradio
Just copied my first #radiogram on the Ohio Slow Net. It was a test message to me, but I got it all FB.
Don't practice #morsecode like me:
Conventional wisdom is to up your speed if you can copy 80+%.
I increase my practice speed when I can copy a 3 minute run of random letters/numbers/punctuation in random sized groups of 1 to 8 characters with zero errors.
It's gruelling; I don't find it easy to hit 100%. And it's brutal to miss by one or two letters. But I did it at 16wpm last night, and now I get to go to 17wpm, and do it all over.
Which is, unfortunately, exciting to me.
My favorite part about #pota is the dit-dit at the end.
Today we went to the PK Porthcurno Museum of Global Communications, down here in Cornwall. And for a lover of cables, like me, it was fantastic :)
#museum #cornwall #internet #telegraph #morsecode #radio
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A6. I don't know Morse Code though I always wanted to learn. If you're looking for a daily "wordl" to practice or learn, I just discovered https://morsle.fun
#HamTalk #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #MorseCode #DailyPuzzle
I'm loving this #qrpguys Mini Tuner. I test new antenna under less than ideal conditions like today to see how they perform. If they perform well then they'll likely work under ideal conditions. Heat shrink marks different bands. Hose clamps and zip ties used to connect paracord to tent stakes to support mast when elevated. Nice work during #pota #parksontheair #cwoperator #morsecode #qrp #amateurradio #hamradio activation today.
In the old days, #hamradio had a #MorseCode requirement for operating a shortwave station. We could handle a ship's emergency traffic via CW, if the need arose.
In the 1990s, ship radio officers were replaced with digital equipment. Not long after, the venerable costal stations shut down. "SOS" is no more.
The need gone, the rule was first scratched ITU/RR level, later, nationally in most places.
👍 Makes sense to me.
@RL_Dane @vwbusguy @mos_8502 @verruijt @thebluewizard @RenewedRebecca
@vwbusguy @mos_8502 @verruijt @thebluewizard @RenewedRebecca
TIL that Bruce Perens was one of the people spearheading the effort to remove the #MorseCode requirement from the U.S. #AmateurRadio test.
Not sure whether to thank him or not. XD
I guess I probably wouldn't have gotten into it if the requirement was still there, so I guess he was right!
Going smaller with my #AmateurRadio #hamradio #cw #morsecode #qrp #qrpradio setup with a #qrpguys 40 - 15 meter mini #EFHW antenna tuner. Only 2 hour project due to my poor vision...
@AE4WX @Jaden2 I might also put in a log sheet from my best Field Day performances. #HamRadio #MorseCode Speaking of which, I'd include the bug used to make all those contacts. How about a medal from my first #DragonBoat race?
Nighttime portable #qrp #amateurradio #hamradio #pota #parksontheair #cw #morsecode activations are AWESOME
For my #pota #parksontheair activation today, I forgot "This" to power my battery & had to use "That" in order to get these #cwoperator #morsecode QSOs at 200mw. Even with my blunder, I made it happen. #QRPp does work. #AmateurRadio #hamradio
Taking in the serenity of my #pota #parksontheair activation this morning on the Lewis & Clark National Historical Trail K-4572 along the Ohio River in Louisville, KY. USA as the U.S. Coast Guard goes about its morning patrol #AmateurRadio #Hamradio #CWoperator #MorseCode
Good morning Friends. Setup and ready to work some #qro #cwoperator #morsecode #cwops #amateurradio #hamradio #parksontheair #pota activation
It's a Goldilocks kind of day along the #lewisandclarknationalhistorictrail on the #ohioriver in KY for today's #parksontheair #pota #amateurradio #hamradio #cwoperator #morsecode #qrpradio #ft817 #randomlengthwireantenna activation
The famous old question: CW beginner, straight key or paddle? I've read many good arguments for a straight key (e.g. producing the same like what you hear) but I am wondering, what are some arguments for starting with a paddle? There are many CW trainer devices that feature a paddle (Morserino, etc.). Why do you think, a CW beginner should start with a paddle?
#CW #MorseCode #CW100Days
Imagine that in the year 2023, someone with an antenna and an #HF #Radio can intercept and decipher strategic air communications of the world's supposed second most powerful #AirForce
Stay safe tonight, #Ukraine
#Russia #War #hamradio #HFRadio #morsecode
https://bird.makeup/users/olga_pp98/statuses/1652746975735840769
The #sp4 #pota #sota mini paddle from #cwmorse passed my test. It will be my primary portable #MorseCode paddle. I feel like I'm cheating on my other keys/paddles. Tnx Marc #K8LSB for hearing me through this #pota #parksontheair March Madness #QSO #AmateurRadio #hamradio
It seems wrong that the vibrate on my wife's phone, when a text comes in, is SOS.
#SOS #Apple #IPhone #MorseCode #NeverCryWolf #HamRadio #UseCamelCaseSoScreenReadingSoftwareWorksBetter
Koch method to learn #MorseCode says: Start with 12 wpm speed from the beginning without additional gaps, and stay there the whole time. @hollie , yes, may sound intimidating - untill you realize the trick: Go slow with the number of letters.
Start with just 2 different letters. Add a new letter only when copying all of the previous ones nicely, that is, ≥ 90%, at 12 wpm.
Shameless plug: I explain the Koch method in the README of a related software project https://gitlab.com/4ham/koch-method-real-words/-/blob/master/README.md .
@hollie The trick for long-term #MorseCode fun is to be able to do it fast.
To become fast, get rid of conscious thinking. It is a trap to form thinking habits, then train them thoroughly, only to be stuck at speed about 10 wpm = 50 cpm. To become faster, you'll have to painfully unlearn the thinking you thoroughly practiced.
The alternative: Start fast from the start, at 12 wpm minimum, with no additional gaps for thinking. That's the essence of the Koch method, done right. I recommend it.
My dad and I are both trying to learn Morse code so we can connect with our ham radio, and he’s kicking my butt at this (which is awesome). We’re both using MorseMania but he’s learning the rhythms while I keep staying stuck in mentally translating the dots and dashes. I remember in second-year high school French class when I suddenly had a thought IN FRENCH and it was INCROYABLE - Dad is doing that with Morse, it’s so cool. #morsecode #hamradio
An example of one of the wheels for #NASA’s #Mars #Science Laboratory #rover, #Curiosity. They have a maximum diameter of 50mm, are 40cm wide, and are made of machined #aluminum.
To save weight, the wheels were machined to a minimum thickness of 0.75mm. There are raised, chevron-shaped #grousers that help provide stiffness and traction that stand 7mm and are at regular, about 65cm, intervals.
To mark the #MarsRover’s progress visually, the wheels were to be marked with a pattern that the camera could see for visual odometry. The designers of #MSL wanted to to use the initials of their organization, #JPL, but #NASA objected to the optics of leaving their initials on another plant, so they just put it in #MorseCode.
Unfortunately, the thinness of the wheels has resulted in their slow degradation as they are torn by sharp rocks and the tears spread. The wheels for #Mars2020 #Perseverance were modified as a result. https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/curiosity-wheel-2-heron-and-fox.html
Morse for A, M, and N sound so freaking close to each other. I stumble on these all the time! A and N in particular.
My mantra... "I will not buy another radio. I will not buy another radio." But I never said anything about a telegraph key.
The American Morse #ultraportapaddle #cw #morsecode Now I can be like #thehamninja Chris @N1CLC . Next up is the elusive #CWMORSE SP4 POTA/SOTA Mini. #amateurradio #hamradio #morsecodekey #cwops #cwop
Learning - how often?
When doing bodily training, such as practicing for a Marathon, daily training is suboptimal, I've learned. To build up those new muscle cells you want to grow, your body needs rest days .
Learning #MorseCode (or anything else) involves physically changing and growing stuff in your brain.
Lots of people intuitively recommend (or even command) "practice daily!" I wonder whether that's a good idea.
Scientific data, anyone?
This was a lot of fun! Looking forward to to more beginner #morsecode discussions. #HamRadio
Tonight I'll be livestreaming with a roundtable of newer CW operators. We'll talk tips for getting on the air with #morsecode for the first time. #HamRadio