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Excellent web site Jack. I want to say "Thank You" for providing
a wealth of information and motivating me to further pursue this skill. Bill L.
Audubon, NJ USA - Friday, December 29, 2000 at 23:42:07 (EST)
Marty Wenzel <w2gf@arrl.net>
Pine City, NY USA - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at 19:57:05 (EST)
A very nice and helpful page. I enjoyed it very much. I have recently
returned to ham radio after a 25 year hiatus. I found your info to be a
great help. Thanks for your efforts! 73 de WB2JEP Al
Westmont, NJ USA - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 20:36:40 (EST)
Great information WEndell Loewen (VE4 WAL) <wmloewen@mb.sympatico.ca>
Ponemah, Mb Canada - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 20:06:19 (EST)
Great page, Jack. I was an intercept operator in Japan and on Okinawa
from 1956 to 1959 and, in recent years have been thinking about trying
to find a station from which I could copy code. WWV and WWVH are out of
operation, for sending code, (I've been told), so I thought I'd ask a Ham,
(my father was W9MYE till his death in 1964), and see if there is a url
I can go to, who broadcasts DX. Haven't copied in years but would like
to get back into at least the code. Thank you, sincerely, Dave Huffman
(Son of late W9MYE) H. David Huffman <craptalk@lvcm.com>
Las Vegas, Nv USA - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 18:11:41 (EST)
Lovely web site, a great inspiration to all. My cw is rusted badly,
small townhouse, study committment, et al, but I will get back into cw
again. rigs, Argonaut, FT101zd and old Military TR48. 73 de Matt. ZS2MAT Matt Fulton <zs2mat@excite.com>
East London, South Africa - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 10:18:23 (EST)
Just got my Tech Liscence/ and up graded to General, but still learning. Jim Maginn <jm911@hubserv.com>
Hattiesburg, MS USA - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 00:07:31 (EST)
I just passed my code test last week and my General Class test last
night. I don't really feel I know anything yet. I don't have a radio because
I used this to motivate me to learn CW and get my General Class. Now, I
am ready for a radio. I plan on using CW and I thank you for putting together
all this information. I just scanned it quickly and I will be back to read
and learn from you. Thanks again. 73 KG4JCS Cletus Pirtle <seahwk1018@aol.com>
W. Palm Beach, Fl USA - Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at 10:29:59 (EST)
Thank you for your good comments. I started one year ago after many
many years when i was a radio-operator in the Dutch Navy. My sign is PA10604.
I hope to get my licence within one year. Morse/CW is the best there is
and you never forget this "language", even after 25 years..... Nico de Kunder <kunder.de.m@planet.nl>
Bergen/Holland, Holland - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 15:21:07 (EST)
Thanks, Jack, for the great story and info. I am on 40m a few nights
a week and hope to see you there. 73 Joe N3IQA Joe Cotton <jcotton@excite.com>
Baltimore, MD USA - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 12:44:17 (EST)
Enjoyed ur site. I entered ham radio 3 years ago as a tech plus,
but did not have a vhf rig, olny an old ft-101 so was locked into the hf
novice bands for abt. a year. Beleave me, it was the best thing that could
have happened to me. My cw speed increased as I worked other stations in
novice bands, then when I advanced to general class, still worked cw there.
It had grown on me. What a wonderful world in the morse operators realm.
I have never had a bad qso, or come across a heated argument like I hear
on the voice bands. Now am extra class, (prior to lic. changes), and run
arround 35 to 40 wpm, just like talking in another language as you mentioned.
To those who are learning or increasing there cw skills, please keep at
it. You will find a side of ham radio that has always intrigued myself
and thousands before me. You cheat yourself be ignoring this fasinating
mode. And besides, It's a way cool feeling on Field Day as the non-cw ops
gather around you at the transmitter nodding there heads in a knowing manor
as you rack up the points. HIHI. Just had to throw that in there. 73 to
all and best wishes to everyone this holiday season. John; N4UX John Holmes N4UX <N4UX@AOL.COM>
SENECA, SC USA - Sunday, December 03, 2000 at 08:49:14 (EST)
After 30 years of dabbling in electronics your site has given me
the push I needed. Will be getting my tech plus soon.See you on 80 meters!!!! Steven Witherell <elecktro@webtv.net>
Auburn , NY USA - Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at 21:25:58 (EST)
THANKS! I AM NEW TO THIS AND I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME BASIC INFORMATION
FOR MY NEW HOBBY. I BOUGHT MYSELF A GRUNDIG PORTABLE AND IT HAD SOME REAL
SURPRISES. ONE OF WHICH IS THE WORLD OF SHORTWAVE. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY
RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS? THANK YOU AGAIN. DICK DOTTERS <DOTTERS68@AOL.COM>
SACRAMENTO, CA USA - Sunday, November 26, 2000 at 18:07:03 (EST)
I've been an inactive ham for many years. Now my grandson shows
interest in CW, and I can't even find a place to buy a key or buzzer for
him to practice. Can you help with an inexpensive setup or kit? Keep up
the good work in promoting our hobby! Don Schofield <dengineer@gls3c.com>
Englewood, fl USA - Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 10:03:07 (EST)
Thanks Jack for the outstanding site. I have had my ticket for about
8 years, and recently upgraded to general. The info on your site will help
me get my speed up. Hope to qso with you in the near future. 73s Tom KC5SAO
Horizon City, Tx. Thomas Tyra
Horizon City, Tx USA - Wednesday, November 22, 2000 at 11:24:50 (EST)
Enjoyed reading about making the first CW contact. Haven't made
mine yet, but in the near future. John Wadley <jwadley362@aol.com>
Macon, Ga USA - Sunday, November 19, 2000 at 13:32:26 (EST)
Enjoyed, and learned from, your great site. I'm a cw retread (military
operator - many years ago)and I do enjoy the challange. Keeps the brain
muscle in shape too! Thanks for your good words and advice. Tom Tom Anderson <kg4hyw@arrl.net>
Atlanta, GA USA - Saturday, November 18, 2000 at 23:56:04 (EST)
your web page. Ironically, my father worked for the Voice of America
for 32 years before retiring about 8 years ago. He went overseas to the
Munich bureau in 1968, so I lived there for 4years. Anyway, best 73's and
CUL Doug KD7BIY
Douglas Halsey <dhalsey@mail.imagina.com>
Portland, OR USA - Sunday, November 05, 2000 at 23:09:52 (EST)
Just wanted to say "GREAT SITE"!!! I'm getting my copy speed back
up after laying off for a while. Can't thank you enough for all the info
you took the time to compile. Foks like me needa place to go to learn and
your site is tops on my list. I've sent the address to several other slow
ops so they can enjoy it also. Keep up the great work. Hope to catch you
on the air from my mobile someday. Thats right I said mobile "THE ONLY
WAY TO CW AT WORK" Take care es 73 Richard KM5WX Richard Fuoco <km5wx@webtv.net>
Batesville, Ms USA - Friday, November 03, 2000 at 19:53:37 (EST)
Enjoyed your "how to" page. About to try again w/ the CW. Have had
the Tec+ for awhile and need to get down to HF. Thanx - N2PLM F "J" Redding
<frankr35@excite.com>
King George , VA USA - Friday, November 03, 2000 at 14:03:46 (EST)
Though being a capable CW OP I found your article most enjoyable
and informative. You provided not only information, but inspiration to
return to that part of Ham Radio that I first loved in the beginning. Thanks. Curtis Little <c-little3@ti.com>
Wylie, TX USA - Wednesday, November 01, 2000 at 16:11:26 (EST)
Thanks Jack for this great amount information on cw. I have allways
been envious of those who mastered the code and never quite making it my
self. Your great effort has given me courage to take a "shot" it again;
I just hope I don't hit my foot again. Don Chadwick Don Chadwick <drc@inconnect.com
>
Salt Lake City, Ut USA - Tuesday, October 31, 2000 at 05:49:31 (EST)
I just passed my General test and I'm trying to learn Morse Code
so that I can totally upgrade from a Tech to a General. I hope that doesn't
confuse you too much. But, I enjoyed your web site very much. Thanks so
much for taking the time to make this site! Courtney Norman <q_tbaby@hotmail.com>
Haslet, Tx USA - Monday, October 30, 2000 at 18:24:19 (EST)
Great place for a new CW OP to get a GOOD start. Great tips all
in one place. Will pass the word to the new ops I come across that this
is the place to learn procedure. Thanks for your help in keeping CW alive.
With out new OPS it will be gone in the next generation. Carl, K1KID <k1kid@arrl.net>
Wareham, MA USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 23:21:17 (EDT)
WOW I can tell you love to ragchew by how much you've got here.
Got here from Mich Traffic Net site, I really had to dig to start getting
info on cw but now I just hit paydirt and spent so much time reading your
site I forgot to practice for my test nxt wk, oops. cw's pretty to listen
to. I downloaded "The Mill" yesterday and copied Robert E. Lee's Farewell
Speach to his Troop at 8wpm--a jump from 5wpm of the mushy sounding code
of my learning tapes, with 2 different tv stations going, kids bickering
and hubby yacking on the telephone nearby. I thought the words remeberance,
countrymen, and the other long words would never quit sending. I'm saving
the U-S Constitution for when I hit 20. Funny thing, I was reading about
you're cw cat when The X Files mentioned Morse Code. I had heard blip-blips
from the background of the show but dismissed it because I have put such
a wallop of code on my brain that I hear it in my head all the time. Gotta
go nw, have to save something to say in my first contact, hope it's u.
73 de kc8off Jeannie Rowe kc8off <jr4179@raex.com>
Akron, OH USA - Saturday, October 21, 2000 at 22:24:10 (EDT)
Enjoyed the site. Is Israel available via cw from my qth here in
Oklahoma. Thanks...... steve <okie-stp@juno.com>
N, OK USA - Saturday, October 21, 2000 at 21:57:45 (EDT)
I'd like to be a ham,could you tell me how? xjl <xjl163@163.net>
shenzhen, CHN - Thursday, October 19, 2000 at 03:07:37 (EDT)
Another very find URL, thanks for a job well done. 73 Tom--KK4CD
/AAV4GQ Thomas
E. Clinton <tclinton@infoave.net>
Cassatt, SC USA - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 17:49:56 (EDT)
I would like some informatoin on how Eygpt handles the elderly.
Do they emphasize health care, nursing homes, family relations, etc. I'm
writing a paper and it would be helpful if you could respond. Thank you. January Casas <ucasaj@lake.ollusa.edu>
San antonio, Tx USA - Tuesday, October 17, 2000 at 11:23:09 (EDT)
Very enjoyable and informative. I can tell you love radio. s.c. ayers <tigerbiter@webtv.net>
Crowley, TX USA - Monday, October 16, 2000 at 02:34:22 (EDT)
All I was doing was researching QSL card collecting andcameupon
this wonderful site. William Taylor <medievalbk@aol.com>
USA - Sunday, October 15, 2000 at 21:26:43 (EDT)
Very nice site. Makes for an interesting read. N5DJY Lon Shelton <alonzos665@aol.com>
Coupeville, wa USA - Saturday, October 14, 2000 at 20:29:49 (EDT)
Monkey see,monkey do ... just got the exchange copy of Lvl ARTS
"Watts New" which is starting to carry your CW series. There's a move afoot
in Oh-Ky-In ARS to revive interest in CW (including a code proficiency
award, more about which from another Oh-Ky-In source). As I edit Oh-Ky-In's
monthly newsletter "The Q-Fiver", I'd like to ask leave to reprint the
CW series as space permits, with all due credit to you the author each
time. Tnx for your consideration. 73 in harmony, Susie Scott N8CGM Susie Scott N8CGM <n8cgm@arrl.net>
Cincinnati, OH USA - Thursday, October 12, 2000 at 21:44:26 (EDT)
Thanks. I don't even own a morse key yet, but the page provides
great info for an interested hobbyist. Richard <rfm_surveyor@hotmail.com>
Hollywood, FL USA - Sunday, October 08, 2000 at 13:06:28 (EDT)
This site is great! I just got licensed as tech plus, and I put
up a G5RV antenna last weekend. This weekend I'll get my rig. I read through
your site, and stayed up much too late. Thanks, you really cleared a few
things up for me. TNX, 73 DE KB1FQL Andrew Yeats <ayeats@bigfoot.com>
USA - Sunday, October 08, 2000 at 01:54:37 (EDT)
What a find! Just what a new ham needs to get oriented on CW. Thanks
for taking the time to publish such a helpful guide. SK Andy Anderson <aanderso@onramp.net>
Wylie, TX USA - Thursday, October 05, 2000 at 12:44:12 (EDT)
Just found your CW tips and look forward to reading them. I'm not
fast, but I try, and it's worthwhile as CW is still like magic to me. 73,
Bob Bob Conder K4RLC <Bconder@compuserve.com>
Raleigh , NC USA - Sunday, October 01, 2000 at 21:22:34 (EDT)
Nice web page with some great info. I remember years ago when one
of my friends was overseas in the military and an amateur passed a message
along from him to me now that was nice. John A. Hudson <jahudson@compuserve.com>
Detroit, MI USA - Friday, September 29, 2000 at 11:25:32 (EDT)
I am a retired teacher and would love to use some of your info..I
always wanted to know about Ham Radios. When I was in the Peace Corps my
mom got in touch with a Ham Radio Operaor who contacted a Ham Radio Operator
in the jungles of Peru somewhere and sent me a message in urubamba....
I never forgot it!!! You must be a delight. Thankx. mary ellen <f59kayaker@aol>
woodbridge, NJ USA - Friday, September 29, 2000 at 00:06:00 (EDT)
A great site, lots of info , I hope to work you in the near future
as I have just started out on hf, 40m being best ! !see you on the air.
73 Paul VO2PRS Paul <saunders@hvgb.net>
GOOSEBAY, NFLD CANADA - Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 23:17:59 (EDT)
Just starting out, I find your site very informative. Will referance
it often!!! Dale A Salyer <dales921@aol.com>
Wichita, Ks USA - Sunday, September 17, 2000 at 00:55:52 (EDT)
Just read your entire site. I'm a returning HAM after an 18 year
hiatus. Needed to bone-up on cw'ing protocols and courtesies. Your site
provided just that. Hope to work you soon. Still waiting my call. Should
be VA3TY when it does arrive. Love CW, RTTY, and been monitoring the new
modes (and wow there are a lot of them since I was last active) PSK31,
HELL, MTTY etc.... Can't wait.... 73's Tom Tom Curtola <tcurtola@home.com>
Toronto, ON Canada - Wednesday, September 13, 2000 at 16:20:50 (EDT)
Love your site. I will be back. tons 'o useful help. Jim Jim <n8jso@arrl.net>
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania USA - Sunday, September 10, 2000 at 21:26:40
(EDT)
Hi Jack, you really have a very informational site!! After some
20 years of "abstinence" I try to regain old CW knowledge. Thanks a lot
Pedro Pedro, DF3YB <df3yb@qsl.net>
Gilching, Germany - Wednesday, September 06, 2000 at 08:24:17 (EDT)
I'm chompin' at the bit waiting for my test. Great site lots of
info. to read and pass the time while I'm waiting. Thanks a million. Ronald G. Reece <darkryddr@yahoo.com>
Galveston, Tx USA - Thursday, August 31, 2000 at 13:26:04 (EDT)
You are to be congradulated on such an excellent web site. Thank's
for doing such a great and thorough job explaing what CW operation is all
about. I also like to DX medium wave broadcast stations. I will be back
to you web site again. - k4own Sherrill E. Watkins <sewatkins@dgs.state.va.ua>
Midlothian,, Va USA - Wednesday, August 23, 2000 at 16:35:55 (EDT)
Very interesting site indeed. Congrats Jack and good luck! Peppino Berria IS0YPS <peberria@everyday.com>
Cagliari, IT ITALY - Monday, August 21, 2000 at 15:41:42 (EDT)
Excellent page. I had a general class ticket, K0AML, as a young
teenager, but it expired many years ago. I am considering testing for a
technicians license very soon. Your page will prove very helpful as I wish
to return to CW, which I see as the foundation of amateur radio. Thank
you for such an informative and interesting page. Stuart Lilie <slilie@ucf.edu>
Winter Park, FL USA - Sunday, August 20, 2000 at 22:35:23 (EDT)
Thanks for the useful information. es....UR homepagr VY FB. and...'A
Beginner's Guide To Making CW Contacts' VY TKS. HPE 2 CU ON THE AIR. GL
ES GN 73 de DS5EVU(in HL0EZK, Chungju national Univ HAM club) Im kyeong-woo Im kyeong-woo <ds5evu@hanmail.net>
Busan in KOREA, Korea - Thursday, August 17, 2000 at 22:14:20 (EDT)
Just took a tour of your site via the CIDXC website. It is a very
good one to visit. My thanks to the CIDXC for sending me your way, Stewart
MacKenzie <wdx6aa@earthlink.net>
Huntington Beach, CA USA - Wednesday, August 16, 2000 at 20:20:22 (EDT)
Really enjoyed your sight..73 Darlene <Dar40@home.com>
Huntington, WV USA - Monday, August 14, 2000 at 15:19:02 (EDT)
Really enjoyed browsing your page.Fufill a need for new hams and
ones like my self that have recently been largely inactive. Thanks and
keep up the good work Jack de 9w6lz Operator Dzul.Hope to see you 73. Dzulkifli Mohd.Yunus <dzul9w6lz@hotmail.com>
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia - Thursday, August 10, 2000 at 23:25:30
(EDT)
hope to see you 73. Dzulkifli Mohd.Yunus <dzul9w6lz@hotmail.com>
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah malaysia - Thursday, August 10, 2000 at 22:59:09
(EDT)
Tnx for a very informative guide to cw...tho am not able to use
my Amateur gear (Live in cc&R since moving and retiring from N.Y.)
but what can I say--you have to pay? for your mistakes... keep up good
work...love Cw. Jerry Ka2hda... gerard Palm <d202ny@aol.com>
Tampa , fl. USA - Thursday, August 10, 2000 at 12:29:05 (EDT)
Tnx for a very informative guide to cw...tho am not able to use
my Amateur gear (Live in cc&R since moving and retiring from N.Y.)
but what can I say--you have to pay? for your mistakes... keep up good
work...love Cw. Jerry Ka2hda... gerard Palm <d202ny@aol.com>
Tampa , fl. USA - Thursday, August 10, 2000 at 12:21:34 (EDT)
Hello Jack, it was great to work you on 30m CW tonight! I spent
some time browsing your home page, and I surely enjoyed it! Just like you,
I started out as a broadcast listener (and still enjoy tuning the BC bands).
I like CW, and will recommend your beginner's guide to CW to every newcomer
to the code. Also, I have added a link to your page from mine. 73 and HPE
CUAGN from Helgoland Island (IOTA EU-127) in the North Sea! Felix, DL5XL
(N5BC). Felix J. Riess <felix@dl5xl.de>
Helgoland Island, Germany - Wednesday, August 09, 2000 at 22:16:59
(EDT)
Hi Jack; How about a section on DX pileup exchanges and maybe contesting?
73 de N8TUT Doug Doug Marsh <N8TUT@ARRL.Net>
Columbus, OH USA - Wednesday, August 09, 2000 at 06:32:42 (EDT)
Thank you so much for your insights and guidance in the beginners'
manual for CW. It is really quite common sense oriented from what I have
read so far. I am just investigating getting into Amateur Radio and do
not have a license or equipment as yet. I work as a Senior Technician at
a long distance company in Chicago at one of their largest switching sites
and possess a GROL w/ship radar and a two-year vocational in Avionics with
some experience years ago in Air Force avionics that dates back to when
they were still teaching tube technology, but using mostly discreet components
including transistors with very limited use of early IC's. I have a lot
to learn, but what impresses me the most as I am discovering HAM is the
way Amateur groups and clubs support community emergency communications,
sporting events, and the fact that home-built equipment is a real possibility,
including self-engineered rigs. I think I would like to go that route in
time, possibly beginning with a simple antenna/RX combo, with a TX unit
to follow after updating or refreshing my skills and procuring a license.
I want to include Morse Code in my skillset, because that is the original
method of communicating this way and because I think it could be useful
in other emergencies and utilize simpler equipment. Your manual looks like
it will be a big help with usage, etiquette, and effiency. One again, thank
you! Dan Stafford Daniel
A. Stafford <aqmstaffo@mailbag.com>
Plainfield, IL USA - Wednesday, August 09, 2000 at 03:23:15 (EDT)
hi Jack, at the moment i'm plodding along training CW. I'm in a
big dip at the moment, reading you pages gives a BIG boost! vy 73 de Leo
PE1OBG Leo Starrenburg <starren@wish.net>
VEGHEL, The Netherlands - Tuesday, August 08, 2000 at 12:09:33 (EDT)
A great webpage, with very useful info. I'm in the process of getting
my 5wpm and this is just perfect. I hope to visit this page often and look
forward to your QSO in the future. Thanks very much Jack. Casey VanBroekhoven <ve3cvp@hotmail.com>
Hamilton, ON CANADA - Saturday, August 05, 2000 at 01:19:20 (EDT)
Nice page. I am working on getting the code back, I havnt used it
in over 17 years, hope to work you soon, KB5XG Leonard Freise
<freise_l@cimtel.net>
Fairfax,, ok USA - Tuesday, August 01, 2000 at 21:03:34 (EDT)
I am very appreciative of your "A beginners guide to making CW contacts"
Thank you very much. Bobby Hipperson KH7CM
USA - Saturday, July 29, 2000 at 19:44:20 (EDT)
Thanks for the great page .. I'm taking my test (soon!) so maybe
I'll hear you on .. your page has a lot of great info for soon-to-be's
.. Scott Taylor <staylor@laker.net>
Moon Township, PA USA - Thursday, July 27, 2000 at 03:29:45 (EDT)
Great Resources for new CW Ops. 73 and GUD DX, Doug / NA1DX Doug <na1dx@arrl.net>
Lothian, MD USA - Wednesday, July 26, 2000 at 21:18:39 (EDT)
NICE HOMEPAGE JACK ES HPE CU ONTHE AIR BEST 73 DE E20HHK Kriangkrai S. Bangkok, THAILAND - Tuesday, July 25, 2000 at 03:34:00 (EDT)
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO WA8SML, DO YA' KNOW ??? -.-. --.- UNKNOWN SOLIDER
<WWW.BLTTOGO4@AOL.COM>
USA - Monday, July 17, 2000 at 00:15:56 (EDT)
Good job, great info, very helpful. Thanks and 73 de YO4GYC Catalin <CLeitoiu@netscape.net>
Cernavoda, CT Romania - Tuesday, July 11, 2000 at 03:30:03 (EDT)
Excellent! I read before I started to learn code and you hit the
nail on the head. I ordered the tapes and will now be learning via ear
direct. Also, thanks for the primer on how to get started on HF. It can
be very overwhelming for the new long wave ham! Mark DeFilippis <defilm@acm.org>
Hempstead, NY USA - Monday, July 10, 2000 at 17:17:35 (EDT)
Very nice and informative site, Jack! As only a fairly new ham,
I will be sure to refer to this site in the future. A.J. Williams <kd5ibd@juno.com>
El Paso, TX USA - Sunday, July 09, 2000 at 22:40:38 (EDT)
I have been away from cw for some time and I am looking forward
to getting back in it soon. Thank you for all the helpful information you
posted on your great web site. Keep up the good work and hopefully I'll
catch you on 40 or 80m 73's Jack and God Bless......JD KR4OP JD Mathis <ultexpert@yahoo.com>
Asheville, NC USA - Saturday, July 08, 2000 at 22:00:39 (EDT)
Very well done, Jack. And thanks for this nice piece of information.
73 OM. Jack Matlet <on4lda@pi.be>
Brussels, Belgium - Wednesday, July 05, 2000 at 10:23:04 (EDT)
Nice website. Thanks for the useful information. Cho <hl4gwb@hanmail.net>
chon-ju, s,Korea - Wednesday, July 05, 2000 at 09:08:23 (EDT)