[Elecraft] On CW

[Matt NQ6N]

I'm comparatively young (41) but I appreciate the musings about CW.  I
still remember the first CW QSO I observed at a demonstration at a Red
Cross building in Michigan when I was 11 years old.  I'd had a pair of
plastic FM walkie talkies as a young child that had the dots and dashes of
Morse embossed onto the front, but I had not expected the thrill that I
felt as an actual CW QSO was made before my eyes. I was licensed a few
months later.

Another memorable CW QSO for me was the first time I sat in front of a
friend's K3.  The audio sounded so clear and beautiful that I soon ordered
my own.

I think there is something very special about the art form of CW and the
kind of craftsmanship and passion that it inspires.  Thanks to Wayne and
everyone at Elecraft, the CWOps, etc, for keeping the magic alive.

73,
Matt NQ6N

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 1:26 PM, <rkruse at johngalt.biz> wrote:

>
> 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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