Morse Code

[ranger0283]

Here you go CW Academy – CWops

 

[DrHenley]

Here you go CW Academy – CWops

LIKE I SAID...
I went there FIRST before asking the question.

 

[user 7000]

Does it matter?

 

[ranger0283]

LIKE I SAID...
I went there FIRST before asking the question.

Sorry, missed that.

 

[unclelevi]

The advantage of Morse Code (other than it being FUN) is that I can reach 10 times as far with the same power as voice transmission. Also, since it is all Americam alphabet, there is no language barrier with other countries.

 

[ranger0283]

do they still teach morse code in the military or Navaho language?

To some degree yes. Now it is a more mission, or specialty training. To that end, normally SF and their supporting elements will learn it as required. It has been set aside by the conventional forces and replaced by digital frequency hopping communications, or as we inthe ham community call it, spread spectrum communications. CW is a far more efficient method to transmit, but that fact has been lost on the five sided building.

 

[user 7000]

To some degree yes. Now it is a more mission, or specialty training. To that end, normally SF and their supporting elements will learn it as required. It has been set aside by the conventional forces and replaced by digital frequency hopping communications, or as we inthe ham community call it, spread spectrum communications. CW is a far more efficient method to transmit, but that fact has been lost on the five sided building.

The Army has re-embraced HF analog comms both phone and CW as a back up means of communication. Nice to see them finally figure it out.

 

[Clyde]

Any Morse code ops here? I was wondering if anyone here has learned or learning code for prepping? What do you think the value of Morse code in SHTF or emergency situations?

I am an Extra Class and am trying to learn morse code, though taking longer than I thought it would.... sigh.... But seriously I think it is very valuable to learn. It requires less power to get a CW signal out than a voice signal. I agree with @radigoon that since it isn't as popular as it once was, you can use it as a means of somewhat secure comms.

 

[jontte]

did you build your own set or got a ready one?

 

[ranger0283]

I am an Extra Class and am trying to learn morse code, though taking longer than I thought it would.... sigh.... But seriously I think it is very valuable to learn. It requires less power to get a CW signal out than a voice signal. I agree with @radigoon that since it isn't as popular as it once was, you can use it as a means of somewhat secure comms.

Try the ARRL CD's. I used the cassette tapes back in the 90's to pass my code exam. However I am relearning it now due to a TBI. The best way to learn it is not to hear and say a letter, but to hear the sound and cadence for recognition. I know it sounds the same, but if you listen to someone sending CQ, you can distinctly recognize the letters by the sound. This eventually can hold true for all letters, numbers and pro signs.

 

[DrHenley]

LOL, I never learned all of it after many tries. It seemed every time I learned something new it replaced something old in my memory and I finally gave up.

But CQ got permanently imprinted in my mind and it's still there after these many decades. Dah dit dah dit...dah dah dit dah.