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

2. What Is morse code?

3. Remember the titanic?

4. 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 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Sending - Straight key

8. Sending – vibroplex – Bug

9. Sending – Iambic paddles

10. 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

11. Sending - Computer CW Interface

12. 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

13. 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.

14. Reverse beacon network

15. Reverse beacon network

16. WSPRnet.org jt

17. 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

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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 to arrive when YOU’RE ready to listen.

21. How to learn to listen to morse code?
Sign up for the daily s at
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!!!!!!!!

22. 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 s
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

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