Greetings, Frank.
Before I get on the air. What are some of the most common
errors for beginning CW Operators. Thanks
When starting down the road to learn morse, I would toss any sheet that shows
the characters as a bunch of dots and dashes. You would be better off with a
sheet that shows
Kevin VE3SYB wrote:
An A isn't .- it is didah. A C isn't -.-. but dahdidahdit.
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Absolutely! It's the sound that's important. Similar cautions are found in
the earliest handbooks I have dating back to the 1930's. I suspect that's
been so since the beginning of telegraphy.
I think the biggest mistake is to worry about making mistakes. Just get out
there and do it!
Get on between 14.050 and 14.058 (or 7.050 - 7.058) and call CQ or answer a
call. There are many slow-speed ops out there who are happy to talk to you
and who will probably be making some mistakes
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I think the biggest mistake is to worry about making mistakes. Just get
out there and do it!
Get on between 14.050 and 14.058 (or 7.050 - 7.058) and call CQ or
answer a call. There are many slow-speed ops out there who are happy to
talk to you and who will probably
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one!
I cannot easily switch between paddles/keyer and bug unless I take special
precautions when using the keyer.
I built an Accu-Keyer in the 1970s because it was new and interesting. But
the day came, twenty years later, when I set it aside for 99% of my
I'd like to add to the list of big mistakes:
Learning to translate dits and dahs into letters and other characters.
Slow code encourages translation!
...
Rich
NU6T
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Is that a mistake for most Hams?
It wasn't for me.
I am aware of many ops
In a message dated 4/26/08 11:43:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Learning to translate dits and dahs into letters and other characters.
Slow code encourages translation!
I think what you mean is counting - hearing H as four dits rather than
a single sound-group.
I began to learn code at 50 (now 56) and got my ticket about 5 years ago. It
has been a LOT OF FUN! The longest transition was from writing everything
down to copying in my head, but it was certainly worth the effort. I am
typically operating at about 25 wpm but try to slow down to match a
An old friend, G4AYP, now SK used to listen to 40m cw just before going to
sleep using his Norcal 40. He tried to follow French and Spanish stations
and said it kept his brain alive and stimulated. He was UK Director of
Forensic Science, so I don't think it was an idle statement.
David
Ron, as usual, you have succinctly put into words a real life experience
that I can see, may parallel some of my limited experience. I have followed
this thread closely as well as the comments about using the Farnsworth
method and based on some of the comments, thought OMG - I've been doing it
Ken wrote:
I have no problem slowing down as much as necessary (below 10 wpm gets a
little tedious
though!) But I would sure appreciate being told to cool it rather than just
having the rag chew cut short.
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Oh, s--l--o--w CW sure gets tedious for me too, but it's normally
In a recent message, Frank MacDonell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ...
Before I get on the air. What are some of the most common errors for
beginning CW Operators. Thanks
The biggest mistake, Frank, is not going on the air and having QSOs on
the key. Once you have learnt the code alphabet go on
Just one thing I can think of that hasn't already been mentioned:-
...Try to avoid the temptation of sending from a pre-written sheet of words;
that way you send from your head just like speaking normally and inter-word
spaces appear naturally. Sending from a sheet of words will probably cause
In a message dated 4/25/08 8:08:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
2) Letting a self-important bad operator discourage you because he/she
can't
or won't QRS to your speed or tells you that you don't have the skills to
get on CW, or to operate on a specific band. (I
I'd like to add to the list of big mistakes:
Learning to translate dits and dahs into letters and other characters.
Slow code encourages translation!
Learning code from a book or other visual source. (Not including learning
about code from a book such as Pierpont: The Art Skill of Radio
At 04:26 PM 25/04/08, you wrote:
Before I get on the air. What are some of the most common errors for
beginning CW Operators. Thanks
Hi Frank,
No such things as CW errorsthe biggest error is not getting on.
I've been at it for 50 years and still have problems. Some day maybe
I'll be
, 2008 6:33 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Mistakes
At 04:26 PM 25/04/08, you wrote:
Before I get on the air. What are some of the most common errors for
beginning CW Operators. Thanks
Hi Frank,
No such things as CW errorsthe biggest error is not getting on.
I've
Failure to zero-beat when answering a call. This is one that many veteran's
also fail on. Once you get the hang of it, you can easily and quickly get
within 10 cycles of the other station.
Eric N3EF
--- On Fri, 4/25/08, Frank MacDonell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Frank MacDonell
Frank
Is you question related to errors am Elecraft rig in CW mode or CW in
general? It seems like a rather vague question. Of course this is generating
a lot of answers.
Steve Ellington
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From: Frank MacDonell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Frank,
One of the biggest mistakes I've seen over the years is new operators
trying to send too fast, in other words much faster than you can
comfortably copy. Most cw operators will try to answer a CQ at (or
close to) the speed at which it is sent. If you try to send too fast the
other op will
That's not always possible, which is why I consider it the mark of a good
operator to tune around the frequency after calling CQ.
The numbers are not great compared to the other rigs, but there are a
significant number of crystal controlled rigs out there: solid state and
tube type.
Ron AC7AC
Yep, there are no mistakes bigger than:
1) Being afraid to get on.
2) Letting a self-important bad operator discourage you because he/she can't
or won't QRS to your speed or tells you that you don't have the skills to
get on CW, or to operate on a specific band. (I worked a guy who told me he
In a message dated 4/25/08 6:27:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
What are some of the most common errors for
beginning CW Operators.
WELCOME!
In no particular order:
1) Not getting on the air. While it is a good idea to do some practice
off-air and get some basic
which is, by the waystill very useful in spite of it's
antiquity!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
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From: Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Frank MacDonell' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] CW Mistakes
Practice a bit with a partner, or a recording device.
It is very important to get the spacing between elements, letters, and words
correct.
A bad fist will not attract as many QSOs as a good one.
Sloppy sending, or a fist with too much swing is a genuine pain to copy.
A good fist is a thing
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