Click on the “play” button below to hear some Morse Code. Sent at a slow rate to make it easier for beginners to hear.
Welcome to our CW Page
Bert (KC2ABB) working a contact during a June 2021 Field Day.
“Dazzling, admirable, talented, practitioners of the art of dits and dahs provide company in which to bask and be somewhat dazzled. Therefore, any visitor is practically bound to want to be like these rare and impressive folks, and should rush headlong into the pursuit of the magic and mystery of the Cs and Ws!”
~ Bert, KC2ABB
General Information
The requirement for Morse code was dropped from the FCC License about twenty years ago, and recently - especially since the Covid lockdowns - there has been a steady growth of interest in morse again. What is it? What do they do? How hard is it to learn? and so on.
If you have an HF rig, you have probably tuned down to the lower end of 40 or 20 meters (7000-7130 and 14000-14070) and heard many little mice squeaking away. Some very fast, some quite slow. What /are/ they talking about?
The Schoharie Club has a hard core of four CW Ops, but we really need some more members. We send at the speed of the slowest member, about the same as was required for the Novice license in Olden Days.
SARA is a VERY slow speed net, we go at the speed of the slowest member, so please check in at a speed you can copy. We really want to get more hams interested; it's worth tuning in to listen to us, even if you don't want to jump in right away.If you would like more information, three of us are usually at the Club monthly meetings (Bert Mayne KC2ABB, Gael Joyal K2GDB, and John Bacon, KC2WRG); also the club has breakfast at 0900 in the Middleburgh Diner once a month on the second Friday and all are welcome. The food is excellent.
Interested in learning code? You may wish to visit the following websites.