My Take on CW
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The main & I mean main thing is desire. If learning CW is a job or task you'll probably drop out eventually. In my 57yr.s on CW that's what I've heard most often. It's too hard, it takes too long or I can never learn it. When you learned to ride a bike, get your drivers license or met your mate it was something you really wanted. The desire was there. It's only 26 letters, 10 numbers & a few other symbols. You probably have more PC passwords with a mix of numbers & letters and characters than what CW requires. Bet you know the passwords by heart. My Dad [SK W4YAD] passed his 13 WPM code test at age 55 after a mild stroke. He saw me on CW & wanted to learn. That ole' desire again. Try what ever method to learn that you are comfortable with. If you can find a partner that's much better. I was lucky that at age 13 my best friend & me learned together. We talked in Morse. It was our secret language. He became K9UFO [SK]. Another motivation you might consider is CW is another language. You can become bilingual ! Just as playing music or speaking Spanish is a different language you will have a new world to explore. A language only spoken by people with that desire. Desire is everything! K9IL ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I started in ham radio as a Novice in 1959. That required 5 WPM,
crystal control, 75 watts and only CW. Finally up to 13 WPM and a General license and later to an Extra class license which I hold today. Over the 58 years that are now behind me, I drifted away from CW to a much easier SSB mode. Now at 75 years of age I find the mind is not nearly as sharp, as keen and as fast as it was 50 or so years ago. In order to stimulate the thinking process, hopefully in an effort to delay dementia and other mind altering age related issues, I've returned to CW. I'm being reminded of my H.S. math teacher when asked "why do we study algebra?", he responded "It's mental gymnastic training". That's the way I view and approach CW today. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 10/31/2017 6:39 PM, [hidden email] wrote: > > The main & I mean main thing is desire. If learning CW is a job or > task you'll probably drop out eventually. In my 57yr.s on CW that's > what I've heard most often. It's too hard, it takes too long or I can > never learn it. > > When you learned to ride a bike, get your drivers license or met your > mate it was something you really wanted. The desire was there. > > It's only 26 letters, 10 numbers & a few other symbols. You probably > have more PC passwords with a mix of numbers & letters and characters > than what CW requires. Bet you know the passwords by heart. > > My Dad [SK W4YAD] passed his 13 WPM code test at age 55 after a mild > stroke. He saw me on CW & wanted to learn. That ole' desire again. > > Try what ever method to learn that you are comfortable with. If you > can find a partner that's much better. I was lucky that at age 13 my > best friend & me learned together. We talked in Morse. It was our > secret language. He became K9UFO [SK]. > > Another motivation you might consider is CW is another language. You > can become bilingual ! Just as playing music or speaking Spanish is a > different language you will have a new world to explore. A language > only spoken by people with that desire. > > Desire is everything! > > K9IL > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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And that does help to explain why my mother-in-law never learned to drive.
She didn't want it, and in NYC you really don't need it. On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <[hidden email]> wrote: > I started in ham radio as a Novice in 1959. That required 5 WPM, crystal > control, 75 watts and only CW. Finally up to 13 WPM and a General license > and later to an Extra class license which I hold today. Over the 58 > years that are now behind me, I drifted away from CW to a much easier SSB > mode. Now at 75 years of age I find the mind is not nearly as sharp, as > keen and as fast as it was 50 or so years ago. In order to stimulate the > thinking process, hopefully in an effort to delay dementia and other mind > altering age related issues, I've returned to CW. I'm being reminded of > my H.S. math teacher when asked "why do we study algebra?", he responded > "It's mental gymnastic training". That's the way I view and approach CW > today. > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > > > On 10/31/2017 6:39 PM, [hidden email] wrote: > >> >> The main & I mean main thing is desire. If learning CW is a job or >> task you'll probably drop out eventually. In my 57yr.s on CW that's >> what I've heard most often. It's too hard, it takes too long or I can >> never learn it. >> >> When you learned to ride a bike, get your drivers license or met >> your >> mate it was something you really wanted. The desire was there. >> >> It's only 26 letters, 10 numbers & a few other symbols. You >> probably >> have more PC passwords with a mix of numbers & letters and characters >> than what CW requires. Bet you know the passwords by heart. >> >> My Dad [SK W4YAD] passed his 13 WPM code test at age 55 after a >> mild >> stroke. He saw me on CW & wanted to learn. That ole' desire again. >> >> Try what ever method to learn that you are comfortable with. If >> you >> can find a partner that's much better. I was lucky that at age 13 my >> best friend & me learned together. We talked in Morse. It was our >> secret language. He became K9UFO [SK]. >> >> Another motivation you might consider is CW is another language. >> You >> can become bilingual ! Just as playing music or speaking Spanish is a >> different language you will have a new world to explore. A language >> only spoken by people with that desire. >> >> Desire is everything! >> >> K9IL >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > -- 73 de Ted Edwards, W3TB and GØPWW and thinking about operating CW: "Do today what others won't, so you can do tomorrow what others can't." ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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