I am 61 and when in my teens I remember an old radio ham who helped me build my first superhet having a full on row with his wife while sending and receiving morse. This amazed me how he could focus on both. His speed when having a qso was mind blowing and totally off putting and rather intimidating. Now Ive finally plucked up the courage to learn I'm looking forward to my rather late journey into cw
You guys are incredible. I'm 64 and just acquired my Technicians license (KF8CMT) and, having been an audio engineer for all of my adult life, I am very interested in CW. I will be joining your club.
This was brilliant and inspiring, thank you! And it's truly wonderful what you've done here. I'm definitely going to join up. I dabbled (very loosely) with learning code when I was a kid, as I'd loved hearing it on my old SW receiver. There was something about it that I found to be as exotic and romantic as hearing all those faraway SW broadcasters using AM. I swore that someday I'd finally get my ham license and really learn CW. Well, I've had my license for over a decade now; I think it's time to get 'serious' about CW. Truth be told, I was a bit afraid of it. What you've demonstrated so well here is that you've set up a context designed to make the learning experience as stress-free as possible. So now I have no more excuses. I'm ready. Cheers and 73!
Fantastic presentation Howard, Mike and Jim! Even as a member of our club, I enjoy hearing you all describe our fantastic club and even learning more about its history. Thank you Jim for creating this video!
A wonderful presentation gentlemen. The updated course structure and content is impressive. Congratulations to the developers of the practice page, it's a pleasure to use and addictive in the right sort of way. Y
OK - Thank you for this. I am just starting, elderly 74, it is of course hard. I found this very useful - mixing opposite characters and similar characters, I thought it was just me ! Over study - yes I have thought that of myself. I shall be more than happy to get to 20 wpm in the end. I found this presentation to re-motivate me, I will not get so anxious any more and concentrate on the FUN. I have tried being on the air, on occasions despite loads of free space on our bands here in the UK, some nice people have sent over the top or carriers. They have not put me off by the way, just sometimes the air in the shack goes "blue" for a bit. So again THANK YOU.
As Ludwig Koch was German, the 'ch' is pronounced as [χ]. Americans would probably write 'kh'. Koch rhymes with the Scottish word "loch", as in Loch Ness.
It's really fun. I've been taking part for a few weeks now and always look forward to the next lesson. I am not a native English speaker and yet I can follow and participate well. When mistakes happen, nobody makes fun of or criticises. It's a relaxed way to learn. I am glad to have found the licw. Thanks guys. Tobias DL5ZAT
While recognizing that most people never complete anything they start, and acknowledging whether or not they complete your program is not actually your responsibility, what is the actual effectiveness of this approach in folks ultimately becoming proficient in CW? I suspect it is very low. I easily learned CW when studying for my Novice license when I was 10 years old, using the most inefficient way possible because that was in 1960 and we just brute force drilled until we got it. But, that was the benefit of an agile 10 year old brain. Bottom line, I guess, is whether in the end your method actually leads to a higher number of folks sticking to the process than any other method. It is clearly more efficient, but is it more effective?
We constantly see operators moving from the BC classes into Intermediate and into Advanced. Folk keep coming to classes, often attending a comfortable level class and a "stretch" class simultaneously. The immense flexibility of the program, between the carousel structure and the sheer number of classes each week, means that people are able to attend where and when they are able, and so, they really grow as operators.
I am 61 and when in my teens I remember an old radio ham who helped me build my first superhet having a full on row with his wife while sending and receiving morse. This amazed me how he could focus on both. His speed when having a qso was mind blowing and totally off putting and rather intimidating. Now Ive finally plucked up the courage to learn I'm looking forward to my rather late journey into cw
You guys are incredible. I'm 64 and just acquired my Technicians license (KF8CMT) and, having been an audio engineer for all of my adult life, I am very interested in CW. I will be joining your club.
This was brilliant and inspiring, thank you! And it's truly wonderful what you've done here. I'm definitely going to join up. I dabbled (very loosely) with learning code when I was a kid, as I'd loved hearing it on my old SW receiver. There was something about it that I found to be as exotic and romantic as hearing all those faraway SW broadcasters using AM. I swore that someday I'd finally get my ham license and really learn CW. Well, I've had my license for over a decade now; I think it's time to get 'serious' about CW. Truth be told, I was a bit afraid of it. What you've demonstrated so well here is that you've set up a context designed to make the learning experience as stress-free as possible. So now I have no more excuses. I'm ready. Cheers and 73!
Thanks all for capturing the recording, and to Jim for creating the video. Having missed the presentation, it was nice to have it captured. TU ES 73!
Fantastic presentation Howard, Mike and Jim! Even as a member of our club, I enjoy hearing you all describe our fantastic club and even learning more about its history. Thank you Jim for creating this video!
Thank you for presenting this great information at Hamvention 2024!
The description of the "new method" starts at around minute 35 and 20 sec.
A wonderful presentation gentlemen. The updated course structure and content is impressive. Congratulations to the developers of the practice page, it's a pleasure to use and addictive in the right sort of way. Y
Excellent presentation well done Guys Dave M0GGK
Very nice! I listened to the entire presentation.
Thanks for sharing!!!
Great presentation
Great presentation guys
OK - Thank you for this. I am just starting, elderly 74, it is of course hard. I found this very useful - mixing opposite characters and similar characters, I thought it was just me ! Over study - yes I have thought that of myself. I shall be more than happy to get to 20 wpm in the end. I found this presentation to re-motivate me, I will not get so anxious any more and concentrate on the FUN. I have tried being on the air, on occasions despite loads of free space on our bands here in the UK, some nice people have sent over the top or carriers. They have not put me off by the way, just sometimes the air in the shack goes "blue" for a bit. So again THANK YOU.
Incredible, so if you sign up for a class will you be learning under this new method?
As Ludwig Koch was German, the 'ch' is pronounced as [χ]. Americans would probably write 'kh'. Koch rhymes with the Scottish word "loch", as in Loch Ness.
It's really fun. I've been taking part for a few weeks now and always look forward to the next lesson. I am not a native English speaker and yet I can follow and participate well. When mistakes happen, nobody makes fun of or criticises. It's a relaxed way to learn. I am glad to have found the licw. Thanks guys. Tobias DL5ZAT
While recognizing that most people never complete anything they start, and acknowledging whether or not they complete your program is not actually your responsibility, what is the actual effectiveness of this approach in folks ultimately becoming proficient in CW? I suspect it is very low.
I easily learned CW when studying for my Novice license when I was 10 years old, using the most inefficient way possible because that was in 1960 and we just brute force drilled until we got it. But, that was the benefit of an agile 10 year old brain.
Bottom line, I guess, is whether in the end your method actually leads to a higher number of folks sticking to the process than any other method. It is clearly more efficient, but is it more effective?
We constantly see operators moving from the BC classes into Intermediate and into Advanced. Folk keep coming to classes, often attending a comfortable level class and a "stretch" class simultaneously. The immense flexibility of the program, between the carousel structure and the sheer number of classes each week, means that people are able to attend where and when they are able, and so, they really grow as operators.
Im watching the video from the beginning...you never explained what a straight key is, what a paddle is, so folks already lost.
Hi Howard, thank so much for what you do for us. De ZS6MSW
That was awesome and just what I needed after stepping away for a few months. Thank you!!!!
Dale. W1EW 🎙️
Great presentation, thank you! Greg VK4GRG