Error Correction

Category: Learning Morse CodeGetting started on-air Views: 2

Oh bugger, I made a mistake: Correcting Errors Recently Peter VK3WOW raised the topic of error correction on social media. Peter was seeking people’s...

Morse with Purpose

Category: MiscellaneousSkills development Views: 58

Are you looking for something with a bit more of a challenge? Maybe you need something different or simply want to learn some new skills. Morse with Purpose is...

Prosigns (Procedural Signals)

Category: Getting started on-airSkills developmentMiscellaneous Views: 65

A prosign is a concatenation of two characters sent without any spaces. It is usually written with a line over the top of the two characters. These are...

Cut Numbers

Category: Skills developmentMiscellaneous Views: 32

Quite often you’ll hear cut numbers used in contests; for efficiency and speed. Many operators also use “N” in place of “9” when...

Sending Morse code with essential tremor

Category: Skills developmentMiscellaneousCase studies Views: 35

In early 2026 I had a student who suffered essential tremors. It’s not something I had encountered before so I raised a query with my fellow CW Academy...

Establishing a station

Category: The radio shackGetting started on-air Views: 34

When starting out it can be a bit overwhelming, whatever your goals. This post provides some guidelines and things to think about. And make sure you have a...

Online Resources to help

Category: Skills developmentTools of the tradeMiscellaneous Views: 33

ONLINE RESOURCES Learn CW Online – a useful resource for learning the code – used by CW Academyhttps://lcwo.net/ Better-ICR – Once you have...

Where do I start?

Category: Learning Morse Code Views: 39

This is question I hear a lot. Firstly, you will need to decide how committed you are to learning the code and how much time you are prepared to put into...

Phone apps

Category: Learning Morse CodeSkills developmentTools of the trade Views: 42

Everyone will have their preferred apps to help them learn and improve their skills. As a starting point the following have been used by some of us at CW...

Vertical vs Doublet

Category: AntennasCase studies Views: 72

Whilst this test would fail any scientific inspection and lacked process rigor, the anecdotal results demonstrate what the theory and modelling inform us with...