W9PE's FREE CW MORSE CODE COURSE If you want to learn Morse code you came to the right place. Be you a senior citizen desiring to fulfill a put off ambition or a scout planning to earn a merit badge here is an easy free way to master the code. When we start to learn Morse code we tend to count the dots and dashes. One dot followed by one dash is an “A.” This works, but we only can count so fast. Hence copy speed is limited to a few words per minute. To increase speed above this a large amount of additional practice (sometime full relearning) is required. The Farnsworth method of learning Morse code sends the characters at high speed with the spacing between letters long to train our mind to associate a letter/character with a sound, rather than counting dots and dashes. The goal is to prevent counting and start with the sound just as we learn language. Koch found that some that learned this way also hit a roadblock hence he suggested that the characters be learned at higher speed, but only a few letters at a time until they were solidly learned. This course will sound the characters at 16 wpm with spacing between letters/characters long enough to have an actual speed of 5 wpm. Options allow higher rates. This course uses both Farnsworth and Koch and adds a third item, some instant gratification. This positive feedback lets you know that you are making progress, i.e. words are copied as soon as possible even in the first lesson. This course is based upon the software program "CwType" for Windows. It is made available here with the author, DXSoft’s Sergei Podstrigailo UA9OV’s permission. The practice macros in the "READ_ME.doc" file (the individual lessons) are then added to Sergie’s macro files to complete the CW course. The macros are in English, but feel free to translate to any other language and distribute the course. You have permission to distribute "CwType," however you must do it at no charge (for free) and no modifications to its original configuration when distributed are allowed. After you download the CwType program place it in a separate folder. Then left click it, it will self-extract into three files. You install the program by left clicking “setup.” After CwType is installed you will see that it is an excellent Morse code generation program. Next using its “Setup” (CwType upper left) then the “Sound” tab, set the “Output sound card number” to “Default sound card” if you have external speakers, or to “Internal speaker” if you do not. You may find that a lower frequency about “750” on most computers is a little louder and easier to copy, however you should set CwType to a frequency you are comfortable with. Try a few settings. Be sure to apply and save the one you select, using the “Apply, Save and OK tabs,” Then at the top of CwType set the “Sp: to 80,” the “D/D: to 3” and the “ILS: to 22”. “Sp” sets the character speed and “ILS” sets the spacing between characters, i.e. inter letter spacing. If you change one and nothing happens, press the “Enter” key on your computer. These settings will give you CW letters sounds at 16 words per minute however due to the long spaces between letters and words the program will be sending CW only at 5 words per minute. You can adjust these as you desire, however do not use a lower speed setting for each character “Sp” or you will delete the Farnsworth criteria and in the end have to spend more time to learn the code. Now you must add the macros I have provided to the program. For now just load one, the ABCD macro. Highlight the “cF1 ABCD” macro below (in this READ_ME file,) just the paragraph with the ABCD’s and copy it using “Control C.” To highlight, you position the cursor at the beginning of the paragraph; left click the mouse and drag it to the end of the paragraph. Just as “Control C” means press the “Control” key and the “C” at the same time, the “cF1” means press the “Control” key and the “F1” key at the same time and “aF1” means press “Alt” (Alternate) key and the “F1” key at the same time. Now go back to the CwType program and left click on the “Edit Macros” tab. Then move your cursor to the left most part of the space to the right of “cF1.” Delete anything there with your keyboard “Delete” key.

The CwType program I have had a number of CQs, the “Delete” key erased all. Now with your cursor still set at the left of the now blank space to the right of “cF1” type “Control V “ and the ABCD paragraph will become CwType’s “cF1 macro. Be sure to apply and save them using the “Apply, Save and OK tabs. “ All other macros are installed into CwType in the same way. But defer the rest of the set up until you try the first course lesson. With CwType running and its “TX” turned on type some letter A, B, C and Ds. Learn the sounds of 4 letters A, B, C and D by typing them on the keyboard. Spend as much time as you need until you think you know their sounds. (Some will learn the sounds fast; others including me required some extra time.) When you feel that you know the sounds of the 4 letters, run macro “cF1” and copy the macro transmission with a pencil and paper. If you are having a hard time copying the macro, stop and go back to learning the sounds by manually typing the ABCD letters. It should be obvious that you should not look at the computer screen when you are copying the macros. You will know when you are copying words, but you can check the screen after the lesson to see how you have done. To assure you have mastered the 4 characters speed up the transmission increase “Sp: above 80,”and/or reduce the “ILS: below 22.” IF you copied the macro correctly (assuming that you have not memorized it,) you now know the first 4 letters of the alphabet. Some of us have better memory skills than language skills, see the last paragraph before the macros if you fall into that category and you are memorizing the macros. Now go back and load the rest of the macros. When you can copy cF1 ABCD without error, add EFGH to your practice. Again learn their sounds by typing each letter on your keyboard. Then run macro cF2 EFGH. Continue to on to the next set of letters as you master each set. I would suggest you pick a fixed time each day to practice for example Monday through Friday at 6:00 PM. But you pick it, at least 4 sessions a week. At each practice session first make certain that you have not slipped back with a little review and then start where you left off. You can do more than a review and a new lesson at one setting, but do not spend more than 30 minutes if you are tired and/or bored. At the same time you must spend the full 30 minutes at most practices if you are to succeed. However do not set the speed slower than the 16 WPM you started with. If you do it will take longer to master the code. Last but not least, if start to memorize the macros you will have to add additional study material. You can add most anything from the WEB or any text computer file into the unused macros af8 through aF12. If you memorize the macros very early, before you have learned many characters, you can mix up the order of the characters and words in the macros. You also can use another free SW program from G4FON at: http://www.g4fon.net/CW%20Trainer.htm Install it, and then set the “Characters to 42,” and “Pitch” as you desire. Using that program’s “Setup” and then its “Morse Character Setup” uncheck the characters you want to eliminate from your practice or only check the ones you need more practice on.

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UNITE UP USE URN USER UNICORN VAIN VALUE VALVE VAMP VAN VAPOR VAULT VENT VERB VISE WAD WADE WAFER WAG WALK WALL WASP WATT WAR WAVE WAX WEB WED WEEK WEIGH WEEP WELL WHIP WHO WICK WIG WIND WIPE WITH WOLF WORK WRONG WROUGHT AXIS XAXIS XENON HEX THE WASP ON THE WALL WAS MADE OF JADE XENON IS A GAS THE IS SENT A LOT DID HE TRANSMIT Q SIGNALS DID HIS CALL END IN J J J THE REST OF THE CODE HAS ONLY TWO MORE LETTERS HAM CALL SIGNS HAVE NUMBERS THEY START NEXT cF8 YX12 YZ12YZ12YZ12YZI2YZI2YZI221Z21YY21ZZY22Y1Z1ZY221Y1 2 Z 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 12 22 11 211 1 21 22 1 2 12 22 21 12 11 YACHT YAK YAM YARD YAWL YAWN YEAR YELLOW YELP YEW YOUNG YAXIS ZAXIS ZEBRA ZERO ZEST ZINC ZONE ZOO ZOOM ZYMURGY IS THE LAST WORD IN MY DICTIONARY BY THE WAY IT IS THE BRANCH OF CHEMISTRY DEALING WITH FERMENTATION AS APPLIED IN WINE MAKING AND BREWING WAY TO GO NOW SOME CALL SIGNS W1ZZ W2YY W2ZY ZL2XYZ N2ZY K2YZ VE2JZY W1AW W2JKL I HAVE A ZEP ANTENNA 12 METER LONG HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU ARE BLAMING YOUR FATHER IT SOUNDS LIKE Z LIKE DA DA DID IT WHO HAS THE THE LAST WORD FATHER OR THE BREW MASTER cF9 Practice 1 (The most common English words.) THE BE TO OF AND A IN THAT BE TO OF IT FOR NOT ON WITH HE AS YOU DO AT THIS BUT HIS BY FROM THEY WE SAY HER SHE OR AN WILL MY ONE ALL WOULD THERE THEIR WHAT SO UP OUT IF ABOUT WHO GET WHICH GO ME WHEN MAKE CAN LIKE TIME NO JUST HIM KNOW TAKE PEOPLE INTO YEAR YOUR GOOD SOME COULD THEM SEE OTHER THAN THEN NOW LOOK ONLY COME ITS OVER THINK ALSO BACK AFTER USE TWO HOW OUR WORK FIRST WELL WAY EVEN NEW WANT BECAUSE ANY THESE GIVE DAY MOST US A IN THAT HAVE I IT FOR NOT GO SAY THE AFTER USE DAY THE TO MOST ARTER ON BE TO OF BE TO OF FOR NOT ON WITH HE DO AT THIS THEIR WHAT SO UP OUT IF THEM SEE OTHER THAN THEN LOOK ONLY COME ITS BUT HIS BY FROM THEN NOW LOOK ONLY HIM KNOW TAKE PEOPLE THE AND NOT ON AS DO BUT FROM WILL MY WOULD WHAT UP IF WHO GET WHICH MAKE LIKE CAN JUST KNOW TAKE PEOPLE YEAR cF10 3456 34563456345634563456345634566543456545635435465436 4 5 3 6 5 4 3 6 5 4 6 5 3 6 5 4 6 5 3 4 3 4 5 4 6 5 3 4 5 4 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 ZIP CODES IN MORSE CODE 61324 61166 35345 12231 HOW ABOUT 123 DOLLARS BETTER STILL 654 DOLLARS HE LIVES AT 14632 XRAY WAY IN ZEBRA WA MY ADDRESS IS 66 S 42 ST IN JADEVILL WS THE PHONE NUMBER IS 1 613 424 5421 IF YOU WANT A GOOD PASS WORD USE BOTH LETTERS AND NUMBERS JZX612KLQY WOULD BE A GOOD ONE JUST 4 MORE NUMBERS AND THEN THE PUNCTUATION cF11 7890 78907890789078907890789078907890789009898787890987 89098770987098709889097897098879089007988770980981 23456789012345678900987654321603045912083648597765 43289098761234567890123560981266719035654191523904 6 5 4 3 2 0 9 8 7 66 173 89 4087 6417 8309 87 654 31098 599 599 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z NOW I KNOW MY ABCS AND MY NUMBERS 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF RST 599 RST 599 90 WATTS OUTPUT POWER INTO A 3 ELEMENT YAGI UP AT 90 FEET WORKED YOU OCT 9 01 WHAT IS YOUR NAME THE ZIP HERE IS 90090 IS YOUR ZIP 60291 IT IS AS EASY AS 123 WAS THAT 45678 IS YOUR CALL W9PE cF12 .,/?

. , . , , . / / ? / ? . , ? / ? . / , ? ? . ? , ? / / / ? ? . , . , / . , ? , . , . , . , . / / . , . / ? ? , ? ? , ? / / / ? ? . , . , / . , ? , . , ? / ? . / , ? ? . ? , ? / / / ? ? . , . , / . , ? , . / / . , . / ? ? , ? ? , ? / / / ? ? . , . , /1234567890,3.6/ 8 ? 1 1,000.99 IS THAT 60301? WHAT IS MY RST? DID YOU SAY 599? THE MODEL NUMBER IS 1C100963, THE SERIAL NUMBER IS 4665398201. IT WAS DATED 12/07/1996. AS HE WAS IN THE CAR, HIS CALL WAS W3EW/M. CQ CQ CQ DE KZ6JPL KZ6JPL KZ6JPL K ALL THAT IS LEFT IS 4 PRO SIGNS. THEY ARE LETTERS RUN TOGETHER. BUT FIRST A SET OF NUMBERS AND PUNCTUATION TO PRACTICE. aF1 Practice 2 1234567890,./?4598.856/34,81009421.6.6,74,7?679543.8.8 , 9 0 ? 9 . . , , 8 0 9 8 . 7 6 / 5 9 8 6 . 5 / 5 4 ? 8 ? 1 . 5 7 3 2 , . / ? ? . 0 ? 9 ? 8 ? 6 . 5 1 2 ,3 4 . , , ? 8 7 8 ? 6 ? 3 ? 8 ? 1 . 5 7 3 2 , . . 7 6 / 5 6 . 5 / 5 4 ? 8 ? 1 . 5 7 ? ? . 3 4 5. 6 3 2 , 9 4 2 1 . 6 . 6 , 7 4 , ? 4 5 9 8 . 8 5 6 / 3 4 , 5 , ? , . 4 , ? / ? . / , ? ? . 3 4 5. 6 1 ? 9 8 0 5 6 3 4 2, 9 ? / IS THIS THE END? NO. FIRST A ZIP PLUS FOUR, 60314-1056. NOW THIS IS THE END. aF2 – (BT) + (AR) $ (SK) ( (KN) SOME PRO SIGNS CAN BE COPIED TWO WAYS, AS A SYMBOL OR AS TWO LETTERS OVER SCORED. THE OVER SCORE INDICATES THAT THE TWO LETTERS ARE RUN TOGETHER. THE MINUS SIGN OR A DASH - IS BT WITH A LINE OVER IT. - - - THE PLUS SIGN + IS AR WITH A LINE OVER IT. + + + THE DOLLAR SIGN $ IS SK OVERSCORED. $ $ $ $ THE BEGINING PARENTHES ( IS KN OVER SCORED. ( ( - + $(-+$(- - -+($$(-+++(($--+$+$((-(-+-$$(-+,/. -+./, --$(//(( ,..,-+($$(-+++(($ -- +./, --$(/-+($$(-.-+$-+-$$(-+,/. - +./, --$(/(( , ,--+-$(-+,/. - +./, --$(//((,..,aF3 Practice 3 AS YOU IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS YOU WILL START TO COPY SOME LETTER GROUPS AS WORDS. THE WORD, THE WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST YOU COPY AS A WORD RATHER THAN 3 LETTERS. THE MACROS USED FOR THIS COURSE ARE NOT RANDOM SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO MEMORIZE THEM. IF YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE MEMORIZING THEN YOU MUST USE OTHER MACROS OR ADD SOME OTHER WAY TO PRACTICE. COPY ANY TEXT TO AN UNUSED MACRO AND EXPAND WHAT YOU COPY. IF YOU HAVE A SHORT WAVE RECEIVER START TO COPY FROM OVER THE AIR. PRACTICE 3 THAT FOLLOWS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ADDING TEXT FROM THE WEB TO MAKE A MACRO. TWO QSO’S ARE ALSO PROVIDED AS AF4 AND AF5, QSO1 AND QSO2. af4 Practice 4 (From the WEB.) SAMUEL FINLEY BREEZE MORSE WAS BORN IN CHARLESTOWN, MASS. ON 27TH APRIL 1791. HE STARTED OUT AS A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST. EDUCATED AT PHILLIP’S ACADEMY AT ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS, HE GRADUATED FROM YALE IN 1810 AND HE LIVED IN ENGLAND FROM 1811 TO 1815 AND EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN 1813. HE SPENT THE NEXT TEN YEARS AS AN ITINERANT ARTIST WITH A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN PORTRAITURE. HE RETURNED TO AMERICA IN 1832 HAVING BEEN APPOINTED PROFESSOR OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. ON HIS HOMEWARD VOYAGE HE OVERHEARD A SHIPBOARD DISCUSSION ON ELECTROMAGNETS. THIS WAS THE SEED OUT OF WHICH THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH GREW. MORSE IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS CODE AND LESS FOR THE INVENTION THAT ENABLED IT TO BE USED, PROBABLY SINCE LANDLINE TELEGRAPHY EVENTUALLY GAVE WAY TO WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. HE DID USE THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE THAT FOR THE FASTEST TRANSMISSION THE COMMONEST LETTERS HAVE THE SHORTEST CODES. aF5 QSO 1 Will be added at a future time, check the web site: www.w9pe.us,

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