[CW] Japan to eliminate Morse Testing

[jack b friend]

once you have learned Morse, practice, practice and practice. accuracy is far better than speed but both taken together are marvelous. I had no elmer to help me back in my youth so I made myself some flip cards with the dit and dahs spelled out on one side to match the letter on the other side. after I had learned (memorized) the sounds I used my knowledge to sound out signs and billboards and whatever else I passed during the day. when I thot I could copy 5 wpm I made an appt with a ham who had a tape machine. he would set the machine for me and I would copy as best I could, then check my copy. once I had 7 wpm down pat I took the novice and tech exams together. I became WN4BNA and WA4BNA (tech) about 8 weeks later.

my first qso was so shaky that I could hardly copy until the other ham sent back to me at about 3 wpm. he was 2 blocks away. he invited me to his shack and there I began to learn how to be a ham.

I still thrill to hear good code. hopefully I send good code too.

good luck to you DR

jack 
ak7o
salt lake city

From: D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:12 PM
To: CW Reflector 
Subject: Re: [CW] Japan to eliminate Morse Testing

I will continue to believe that Morse proficiency is a needed part of amateur radio particularly HF radio communications and that for many - including myself - I probably would have taken the easy way out and not learned Morse if I were given the choice, but as has been said, when the Morse operator is working Singapore and Viet Nam on Morse and I can't even hear them on SSB, there is a motivation to change my skill level.

I recently learned American Morse and I challenge myself to copy various recordings I have as well as the Morse KOB java application on the web http://home.comcast.net/~morsekob/ 

It is always best to learn the whole alphabet and numbers before sending or receiving and I haven't done this so it is frustrating.  I should practice a bit more but I enjoy hearing the old press recordings click past my ears at about 60 wpm.

With wire Morse there is no reason for it to be kept alive, but it still exists.  With radio Morse, there is a use that it has that hasn't been surpassed and it exists also.  The original idea was that "all" hf operators would be able to understand Morse at least at a slow speed.

73

DR



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