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...

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...

Selecting a paddle

Category: Tools of the tradeLearning Morse Code Views: 12

A Morse Code Paddle is a personal choice, and if you really get passionate about CW and using a paddle, you’ll probably end up spending some money...

CW Academy

Category: Learning Morse CodeSkills development Views: 15

CW Academy is a program created and delivered by the CW Operators’ Club and is aimed at increasing the number of competent CW operators on the HF CW...

Mythbusters

Category: Learning Morse Code Views: 35

With apologies to the real MythBusters, I wanted to bust a few myths and challenge a few long-held axioms – some of which have held many of us back as we...

Pangrams

Category: Learning Morse CodeSkills development Views: 30

A pangram is a sentence or phrase containing every character of the alphabet at least once. A very well know examples is “The quick brown fox jumps over...

Boilerplate QSOs

Category: Learning Morse CodeGetting started on-air Views: 77

Boilerplate QSOs. You may have heard this term. It refers to a series of standard exchanges that are common to most basic Morse code QSOs. They typically...

How do we keep our morse code brain in good health?

Category: Learning Morse CodeSkills developmentMiscellaneous Views: 64

Morse Code, ageing, and cognitive health/recovery Many of us (well, most of us) will hopefully have the privilege of growing old. However, as we can all...