Note: I’m advising a Morse Code (CW) beginner course and wanted to capture my notes, questions that have come up, as well as making updates and corrections. Overview My primary goal and hopes for the course are to help make it fun and encourage you to make CW friends on the air. The CW Academy […]
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I’ve been learning Morse Code through CW Academy. One of the things my instructor has encouraged is getting on the weekly contest, CWT, which runs three weekly, one-hour sessions each Wednesday: 1300Z (6am PST) – mostly 20M, some 40M 1900Z (noon PST) 0300Z (8pm PST) – mostly 40M, some 20M early, 80M later During the two
CWT – a CW Contest Read More »
General advice to get started on single call mode in Morse Runner (Ken Tucker, WF6F, Jim Carson, WT8P): Accuracy is more important than speed. Wait until the sending station is done transmitting before you respond. If you respond over him, immediately hit the escape key to stop. Scoring increases as you go along (see below).