South Canadian amateur radio society’s morse code Using Morse Code when you want to, instead of when you have to. Mark Kleine – N5hzr http://w5nor.org/cw http://w5nor.org/morse Listening to morse code since 1971.

What Is morse code?

Remember the titanic?

Timeline of morse code… May 24, 1837 Morse’s first test of code May 24, 1844 Morse sent message from Supreme Court to Baltimore, MD May 21. 1866 US to Europe, first transatlantic cable Dec 30, 1997 Last British Telecom Morse Code Message / Coast Guard, also Jul 4, 2003 World Radiocommunications Conference dropped Morse Requirement for Hams

Timeline of morse code… July 13, 1999 Last Commercial CW transmission Feb 23, 2007 Morse Code no longer required by FCC for ham tickets TODAY!!! We’re here!!! Nokia Short Message System default tone of Special was SMS in Morse Code Nokia tone Ascending spells out CONNECTING PEOPLE in Morse Code

Timeline of morse code… Morse Code still used in legally required ham and commercial repeaters, even the Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) systems. Aviation NAVAIDS still transmit Morse Code ID.

Sending - Straight key

Sending – vibroplex – Bug

Sending – Iambic paddles

Sending – Contesting software Computer control of Morse Code sending. Typically by pressing “F” keys. F1 – Send CQ CQ Contest de n5hzr F2 – Send QRZ de n5hzr F3 – Send QSL UR 2A OK n5hzr

Sending - Computer CW Interface

K1EL.Tripod.com WKUSB-SMT CW Keyer Kit Kit (just a few through hole components – takes 15 minutes) Uses USB cable Has optoisolater 4 message pushbuttons

Automatic listening CwGet will listen to the audio from a sound card, and decode the Morse Code from a PC. Morse Decoder for iPhone. Morse Decoder is an Android app that will decode the tones it hears.

Reverse beacon network

Reverse beacon network

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Morse code operating standards Send at the speed you want to receive. Send at the speed that the other guy is sending. Use Receiver Incremental Tuning (RIT) to tune. Once you start sending, don’t touch the transmit freq. Tune for a tone that’s comfortable to you (600-1k). 13 wpm should be ‘respectable’ in most places, except contests

Morse code operating standards Don’t send faster than you can receive! Make sure the frequency is clear before you send. Practice a QSO locally before you go live. Do an Audio Frequency QSO. Keep transmissions short. QRN, QRM, QSB Turn on your phone “Voice Recorder” so you can replay QSO if you missed something, like the other callsign.

How to learn to listen to morse code? Listen to 6 lessons daily. Don’t worry about writing down characters. You will start ‘hearing the code slow down’ around lesson 5 – 7. Listen for the sound of the tones. 20 wpm is chosen so you can’t count dits and dahs. Do not count dits and dahs.

How to learn to listen to morse code? Research shows that you can spend up to 2 hours per day learning code, and you can add 4 letters per day, at that rate. The tone used on the LearnMorse program is 600 Hz, which helps more experienced ears hear them. The standard word to set speed is PARIS. Select a time for the email to arrive when YOU’RE ready to listen.

How to learn to listen to morse code? Sign up for the daily emails at http://w5nor.org/morse Listen every day, set up a time for this activity. If your training gets interrupted, stop the messages, and restart at the day you last were comprehending. Use the last 20 practice sessions to get fluent. Get On The Air. Start listening to live code. HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!

Where do we go from here? Who’s interested? Figure out a time that you can spend 30 minutes listening to the lessons. Start the LearnMorse emails http://w5nor.org/morse In 60 days you should be done with the holidays, and through your LearnMorse training. We’ll start 2 M and then 10 M nets to encourage activity. Weekly Elmer led sessions at Red Cross to Get On The Air

South Canadian amateur radio society’s morse code Using Morse Code when you want to, instead of when you have to. Mark Kleine – N5hzr http://w5nor.org/cw http://w5nor.org/morse Listening to morse code since 1971.