Getting Started Learning Morse Code

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• MA

  @MaxBent · 8 years ago

  Close your eyes...only then can you learn. This man is a Jedi! Thank you sir.

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• MR

  @mrbrown6421 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Wow. Excellent advice.<br>The mind is a wonderful thing, once you learn how to teach it.<br>Beauty of nature. &nbsp;<br>It created a machine that can teach itself: THE BRAIN<br>Bonus material: &nbsp;Most of us own one!<br><br>My Dad was WD50 till he died in 1991.<br>He loved his radio room, and hated my computers<br>and electric guitar....

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• MA

  @matts7975 · 6 years ago

  This stuff has turned into a race. &nbsp;It was enjoyable to me going slow and taking my time. &nbsp;Now that everyone insists on starting like a racehorse out the gate, I feel like Im having a stroke instead of fun.

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• HO

  @hollisfarmshoney · 5 years ago

  The best advice I&apos;ve heard, is to start copying code where you want to finish. If you want to copy at 30 wpm then start at 30 wpm. You don&apos;t teach an infant to talk by speaking to them at 5 words a min. but you talk to them at a normal speed and the learn to speak at the speed they hear it.

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• WA

  @warplanner8852 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Especially the advice to listen 30 wpm code WHEN YOU START. I used to listen to a Sunday morning QCWA net that was usually attended by former railroad and commercial/maritime CW ops who would tool along at 30-40 wpm.<br>The patterns and repetition causes letters to &quot;fall into&quot; to your ears and after a while, you hear words and then...<br>..you&apos;re on your way!<br>Also love Mr Haley&apos;s advice on using the Elecraft rig as a $2,000 CPO! Good advice really on that you use what you have and a lot of hams forget their rigs work nicely in that role.

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• SP

  @sparkn2y830 · 8 years ago

  i used morse code when i was on the ship..now they changed to satellite like inmarsat a, m and c.. i love morse code....

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• GA

  @gammondog · 9 years ago

  UR a great &nbsp;spokesman for the grand old mode. Looking forward to hearing some new fists on the air.

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• GE

  @geoffgeoff143 · 5 years ago

  What your &nbsp;saying is listen and &nbsp;memorise.

• AU

  @AureliusR · 8 years ago (edited)

  THE BEST EVER ADVICE I EVER FOUND when learning Morse was in this video. I had started to learn Morse with a WPM of 18 and a spacing of 15. After watching this, I changed it to 30WPM with a spacing of 10 and it was the BEST DECISION I ever made!!! My brain just instantly translates the sounds into letters... I cannot thank K6BFA enough for that tip. The spacing is needed at first, NOT so you have time to &quot;think&quot; about what letter it is, but just because I have to think about which key on the keyboard, but you can start to close that gap pretty quickly. The spacing also helps because sometimes I hit the wrong key, and it gives me enough time to backspace and fix. I&apos;ve noticed when this happens, that my brain can actually &quot;buffer&quot; the next letter without me even thinking about it. I&apos;m only up to 10 characters (Koch method) but adding new letters fast. Still mixing up Ps and Ls sometimes though!

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• ST

  @stephen195 · 2 years ago

  Just getting into ham radio. &nbsp;I hope all the &quot;elmers&quot; are like this guy!

• OM

  @omaralattar2056 · 7 years ago

  It&apos;s one of the best video about cw

• SC

  @schoocg · 8 years ago

  Great job. Thank you!