[Elecraft] On CW

[rkruse at johngalt.biz]

On 10/31/2017 2:02 PM, engineercm wrote:
> Thank you so much for articulating the magic about CW.

As a teen I tried to learn Morse Code and never was able to get very 
far.  With Morse as a condition for getting a license, I never thought 
about getting a Ham License although I was very heavy into electronics 
and got my First Class Radiotelephone License.  (To show my age, the 
testing only had one transistor question; all the rest were tubes.)

When I discovered that Morse Code had been removed as a requirement 
(2014 or so) I began studying for my tests and made Extra within a few 
months.

I have  K3S that I am about to put on the air, on SSB to begin because 
that is what I currently understand.

I have had CW recommended, but am unwilling to repeat the head banging 
experience I went through 50+ years ago.

Now that I've given the history, my question to those of you who are 
gung-ho on CW is; how did you begin the learning process?  Is there some 
secret that I missed?

73

Ray
KK4WPB


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