morse code help
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From: Inacave
I'm a Ham radio hobbyist so it's easy for me. For new learners it can seem overwhelming until you learn the trick. Don't look, listen- morse is about sounds, not symbols. Code learning tapes are cheap and there are several freebies on the web from Ham radio websites. You'll soon find the one that works best for you.
And stop thinking of morse code as old or outdated- it is the original digital communications mode
And stop thinking of morse code as old or outdated- it is the original digital communications mode
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From: Ansião (PT)
If the poster is scribbling down dahs and dits as he`s listening, he then has to look it up.
Morse code is no more an exam subject when going for the R/T license and there's a reason for that.
(yes, I did pass a separate R/T exam. EASA PPL'ers don't need to but a microlight pilot does, at least down here.)
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From: spacetime
We all know how its supposed to work. Myself and Sawman were offering help if he wanted to learn morse. The Poster said Help with morse reguired. Just didnt want him/her to be distracted.
Incidentally I used to read at 25wpm thirty years ago, and now about 10. Was wondering where all the A class hams have gone.
Incidentally I used to read at 25wpm thirty years ago, and now about 10. Was wondering where all the A class hams have gone.
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From: UK
I was a Radio/Electronics officer at sea for over twenty years. Initially I found learning morse code quite easy. Keeping it is harder, good way was to mentally convert text to morse when reading. Don't do it out loud or you'll have people moving away from you 
There was a lot more to it as we had to also learn the morse for comma, fullstop, open & close brackets, hyphen, plus sign, end of work, all numbers plus a million and one Q codes.
Just the alphabet takes a few days to learn.. Simples
There was a lot more to it as we had to also learn the morse for comma, fullstop, open & close brackets, hyphen, plus sign, end of work, all numbers plus a million and one Q codes.
Just the alphabet takes a few days to learn.. Simples
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From: uk
Hi, anyone learn it the RAF way, Pattern Recognition Technique,
I can remember the first 2 groups of 4 we learnt, they were PWFY, then QULB,
Do them as sounds and you will see how they fit together.
For the life of me I can't put the rest together (it was 1963 after all).
I think the last MAY have been AITE.
Figures were learnt 1234 etc.
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I can remember the first 2 groups of 4 we learnt, they were PWFY, then QULB,
Do them as sounds and you will see how they fit together.
For the life of me I can't put the rest together (it was 1963 after all).
I think the last MAY have been AITE.
Figures were learnt 1234 etc.
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