And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Many, many HAMs use CW (Morse). https://www.qrz.com/db/KJ4ADN ... scroll down about 1/2 way, there's a wall chart, with easy-to-learn DaDit, instead of DotDash. Even has the commonly used abbreviations.
The worst possible way to learn Morse is visually. Learn it by sound with letters sent at about 15 words/minute and spaced much farther apart so that you don't subconsciously count the dits and dahs.
My Dad said when he was a cadet in the US Army Air Corps in 1942, the Morse code instructor sat at the front of the room and transmitted excerpts from a "dirty magazine" at increasingly faster speeds.
Had a novice license back in late 50's. WV6 J--. Had great fun and got 40 plus states and a couple countries (Australia being one of them) using "the code". About the time I got to the magic number 13wpm I entered high school. The end. At the start of the Chinese flu I got a tech class, but other than using it to get some familiarity haven't used it much.
Learned it in the military. Got up to 18's, couldn't break 20's, met my wife to be and flunked out. Best thing that ever happened to me. Also, it's missing the "bar" characters, e.g., ä.
Several years ago, a friend's elderly father fell in his apartment's bathroom and couldn't get up. Being a fighter pilot in WWII he started tapping Morse Code on the floor. Surprisingly the neighbor knew the code and responded and called 911.
It is permanently etched into my brain from Ft Devens MA 1968
ReplyDeleteMany, many HAMs use CW (Morse). https://www.qrz.com/db/KJ4ADN ... scroll down about 1/2 way, there's a wall chart, with easy-to-learn DaDit, instead of DotDash. Even has the commonly used abbreviations.
ReplyDeleteEvery one should know s.o.s.
ReplyDeleteI do, but I prefer voice.
ReplyDeleteThe worst possible way to learn Morse is visually. Learn it by sound with letters sent at about 15 words/minute and spaced much farther apart so that you don't subconsciously count the dits and dahs.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad said when he was a cadet in the US Army Air Corps in 1942, the Morse code instructor sat at the front of the room and transmitted excerpts from a "dirty magazine" at increasingly faster speeds.
ReplyDeletelearned it back in '52, still fluent @ ~18wpm
ReplyDeleteHad a novice license back in late 50's. WV6 J--. Had great fun and got 40 plus states and a couple countries (Australia being one of them) using "the code". About the time I got to the magic number 13wpm I entered high school. The end. At the start of the Chinese flu I got a tech class, but other than using it to get some familiarity haven't used it much.
DeleteStill love using a straight key
ReplyDeleteLearned it in the military. Got up to 18's, couldn't break 20's, met my wife to be and flunked out. Best thing that ever happened to me. Also, it's missing the "bar" characters, e.g., ä.
ReplyDeleteI remember that Mores Code was a requirement for one of the Boy Scouts ranks (or maybe it was a merit badge).
ReplyDeleteSeveral years ago, a friend's elderly father fell in his apartment's bathroom and couldn't get up. Being a fighter pilot in WWII he started tapping Morse Code on the floor. Surprisingly the neighbor knew the code and responded and called 911.
ReplyDeleteYou never know.
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ReplyDelete(I forgot to shift for the last three) _ _ _ Time to get back on the air and practice - this typing stuff is hard.
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