{"id":104,"date":"2017-10-29T18:37:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T01:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/?p=104"},"modified":"2017-12-10T11:20:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T19:20:52","slug":"ham-code-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/2017\/10\/ham-code-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Ham Code Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spurred by the previous post, I&#8217;m using the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morse_code#Learning_methods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Koch method<\/a> for learning Morse code (CW). I&#8217;m attaching here a document I made back when I first became a ham in 1999 that is a quick reference for prosigns and Q-Codes. Morse is also there, but I do not recommend CW by sight, has to be reflexive by sound.<\/p>\n<p>A good iOS mobile app for this is <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/ham-morse\/id315980140?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ham Morse<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/aa9pw.com\/hammorse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AA9PW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my reference document: <a href=\"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HamCodeGuide.pdf\">Ham Code Guide<\/a>\u00a0by KF6UJS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spurred by the previous post, I&#8217;m using the Koch method for learning Morse code (CW). I&#8217;m attaching here a document I made back when I first became a ham in 1999 that is a quick reference for prosigns and Q-Codes. Morse is also there, but I do not recommend CW by sight, has to be reflexive by sound. A good iOS mobile app for this is Ham Morse by AA9PW. Here is my reference document: Ham Code Guide\u00a0by KF6UJS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[29,15,19],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cw","category-digital","tag-cw","tag-digital","tag-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9naFX-1G","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":180,"url":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/2017\/11\/learning-morse-code\/","url_meta":{"origin":104,"position":0},"title":"Learning Morse Code","author":"kf6ujs","date":"November 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I've found that learning CW is hindered by my preconceptions I've had about Morse code. When initially starting on the Koch Method using HamMorse, I would turn the sound I heard into a mental picture of dots and dashes, then I'd do an internal lookup of what that picture in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CW&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CW","link":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/category\/cw\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":291,"url":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/2017\/12\/more-cw-practice\/","url_meta":{"origin":104,"position":1},"title":"More CW Practice","author":"kf6ujs","date":"December 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Merry Christmas! Today I landed upon a video by KJ4YZI Eric of HamRadioConcepts (https:\/\/youtu.be\/Jls-PiR-dBI) entitled \"How I learned Morse code fast and easy\". I found the title suspect because CW is neither fast nor easy, but he did help me a lot with this simple video. He learned with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CW&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CW","link":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/category\/cw\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85,"url":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/2017\/10\/found-a-beacon-on-2m\/","url_meta":{"origin":104,"position":2},"title":"Found a Beacon on 2m","author":"kf6ujs","date":"October 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I briefly heard someone on 10m single-sideband (SSB) saying goodbye to his QSO friend, and that he was going to tune around on 2m SSB. Although I knew 2m SSB existed, never occurred to me that now that I have an all-mode rig, I could also tune around there instead\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":982,"url":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/2020\/07\/some-number-stations-sunday-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":104,"position":3},"title":"Some Number Stations Sunday Morning","author":"AD6DM","date":"July 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I thought I'd search for number stations on the bands. According to Priyom.com, Number stations are shortwave transmissions from foreign intelligence agencies to spies in the field of foreign countries. They carry encrypted messages in form of groups of numbers or letters, using either automated voice, Morse code,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CW&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CW","link":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/category\/cw\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":123,"url":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/2017\/11\/being-a-ham-means-figuring-things-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":104,"position":4},"title":"Being a Ham Means Figuring Things Out","author":"kf6ujs","date":"November 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A setback day today, as I finally received a USB audio cable for my attempts to use fldigi with my mac laptop (one of the few SDR programs that works on macOS). I was so looking forward to CQ'ing on my available bands with CW in an automated sense, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CW&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CW","link":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/category\/cw\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":394,"url":"https:\/\/ad6dm.net\/log\/2018\/02\/wiring-a-cw-paddle\/","url_meta":{"origin":104,"position":5},"title":"Wiring a CW Paddle","author":"AD6DM","date":"February 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many HF transceivers use a stereo jack for the internal electronic keyer. Some have a 1\/4\" jack, others have a 3.5mm jack. This is a note on how most of these are wired to a CW paddle. 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