Long Island CW Club Page 1 Study History
Dec, 13 2019 - May 16, 2023
Helping make CW great again
The LICW Club teaches CW online using Zoom.com VOIP. I found and joined to learn CW. LICW has been very beneficial to me at learning morse code. This is page 1 of 2 of my progress.
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Beginners 1 Completion Certificate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-VR7HElATc&lc=Ugz4neNmsdVnXzFy5mt4AaABAg
Life Member #266
LICW Club Pin
A Pin of Morse the Tortoise, I bought is faster than the speed I learn at.
The LICW Club teaches CW online using Zoom.com VOIP. I found and joined to learn CW.
If you want to take part please visit Long Island CW Club for details. There you will find an Eastern Time calendar that is updated by LICW Club.
Morse Code Study Highlights Dec, 13 2019 - May 16, 2023
Dec, 13 2019 - I made an FB post in the 'Learning CW Code' group chronicling my decision about LICW Club. Robb Zarges and Richard Collins were responsive and encouraging.
On Dec. 14, 2019 - I joined the Long Island CW Club as member #266 on Dec 14, 2019 and was the first from Oregon. LICW offers a low stress online CW course using Zoom.us video streaming. I was very impressed with their earnest appeal to teach in a low pressure environment and are understanding of their students' limited time and individual learning abilities.
Dec. 18 - They continue to prove very responsive and genuinely happy to answer student questions. The Zoom.us streaming they use works good and add to motivational learning, and that it what I have been doing See their website for more info if you Want 2 Learn CW.
Dec 19 - It was posted in the LICW Google Group: "Paul K7VIQ our first from OR referred by member Dan N9ZTO." FB post in the 'Learning CW Code' group chronicling my decision about LICW Club.
Dec 21 - I am practicing my call and sending in code whatever I can find to send around my desk. I need a lot of spacing between characters as I get lost while listening at a normal rate so I need a lot of practice with listening to code.
Dec 24 - While on code breaks I made a spoof LICW club "certificate". They had no such thing, it was just for fun. It and and a story about are posted on this link page.
Dec. 26, 2019 - My brain has been going code puddy and have actually been regressing. Where I was getting a few 3 or 4 word groups at 3-5 wpm, I am back to trying to recognize single characters with Android Morse Machine app at 25 wpm. Trying to rest my brain a bit to see if it will let me get back in the groove. I had an animated .gif graphic of my goal key made by Arunaji on Fiver.com that shows the four bearings for smooth paddle movements.
Jan. 17, 2020 - I continue to learn code slowly, and learn as I can. I look forward to receiving and building the QRPGuys Oscillator for better oscillator sound.
I received and assembled the QRPGuys Oscillator and it worked great first try with a nice tone.
Beginners 1 CW Class Completion Certificate
Feb. 6, 2020 - I was sent a completion certificate by based on my prototype from LICW Club upon finishing the Beginners 1 Class dated January 2020. This class works on the first 20 Koch characters. K M R S U A P T L O W I . N J E F 0 Y ,
I am doing ok at knowing not only the first 20 characters, but also most of the rest of the code, however am still having issues with receiving words. I am now using an app called Morse Code Trainer for Ham Radio. The app send words using Farnsworth word spacing unlike the previous apps I was using.
Beginners 1 Completion Certificate
May 12, 2020 - I have been practicing on my own with not only my Ham desk key but also have set up my plastic paddle outside and my old key from childhood practice the living room. I attended a Beginners 2 class today and did pretty well.
June 9 - The date of July 11 has been chosen for a LICW Antenna Build A Thon
Nov. 12, 2020 - I re-upped to a lifetime LICW member with intentions of getting back on it. East/West coast time differences were difficult for me to keep straight so I started attending the local Valley Radio club Ham club for a while when they were on Zoom during covid.
Feb. 1, 2023 - I got completely out of the habit of practicing from 2021 thru Jan, 2023 during the busy time of Covid. In Feb 2023 I practiced a bit at 17 wpm and made a spreadsheet to compare some low power CW radios. I discovered in Feb 2023 that:
Feb. 16, 2023 - Found out I can now add the LICW sched to my calendar so local times for classes will show-up. But never got started back up.
May 12, 2023 - I ordered a LICW logo ID pin badge in yellow on black.
May 16, 2023 - Using Morse Code World LICW Instant Character Recognition as I like it better than the LICW online practice page and still using the ever faithful Morse Mania Android App.
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I am currently using Morse Code World to receive, and a new Morserino I assembled to send. I almost always practice using head copy and do not write anything down as I know when I get a chr right or have to skip a character I do not recognize in a timely fashion. In an actual QSO I would take needed notes.
LICW Calendar of Classes and Events
Opens my LICW Agenda Calendar in local time zone