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A NEW SYSTEM FOR LEARNING MORSE CODE!

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The difficulty of becoming a proficient Morse Code operator is apparent in that at least 25 hours of intensive study is necessary for the average person to learn to copy a modest 5 wpm. After disappointing experiences in teaching with the present methods, I have set about to scientifically devise a "best way".

When you take a message delivered in code, have you ever caught yourself making up your mind as to what the letter being sent is before the character has been completely received? This is significant in my new system of teaching code to beginners. It is based on the simple  structure.                             

All communications are made up of bauds. A baud is a length of time  of tone or of silence. A baud is the length of time it takes to send a dot. Three bauds is the length of time the tone  is sounded to send a dash. One baud is the time the tone  is silenced between dots and dashes in building the code characters. Three bauds is the time of silence allowed  between characters to distinguish them from one another.

There must be a scientific order of learning in order to avoid unlearning bad habits which will slow up any study.

If a student learn the letters as they are usually taught without scientific order of sequence, bad habits will be formed which then must be unlearned. Receiving code is not the same problem as sending and for speed practice the teacher will send the code symbols the student has learned. Say E and  Ø are the known characters and those are the ones the teaching is sending. The student will not wait until all dashes have been sent before deciding it is a Ø and not a E .

In my new system the first characters taught are the 9 and Ø. Nine dah-dah-dah-dah-dit and zero, dah-dah-dah-dah-dah have the similarity that the decision as to the identification of the character must be held off until the last tone is sounded. the beginner does not yet know that dah all by itself is letter  T, or that dah-dah is letter M or that dah-dah-dah is letter O, and is consequently not changing his mind regarding the identification of the character but is withholding his decision until the last one.   

The following is the progression of the characters as they should be taught. I have divided them into six lessons. Each lesson must be mastered before progressing to the nest.

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1st Lesson : 9 Ø 8 O E 1 4rd Lesson: N T J P W
2nd Lesson: Z 7 Q G M  5th Lesson: I R A 2 F U
3rd Lesson : K C Y D L 6 B 6th Lesson: 5 H 4 3 V S

                   MORSE CODE ALPHABET

a   ._   .   1  . _ _ _  .       ._._.   à ou á   ._._
b   _...     o   _ _ _    2   .._ _ _    ,      _ _.._ _ è ou é  .._ _ ..
_._.   p ._ _ .   3   ..._ _        
_..      q _ _ . _    4   ...._          ?  .._ _ ..  
.       r ._.          .....    = _...._  
f .._. s ...    6   _....  -  _...._  
g _ _.  t _     7 _ _ ... /  _.._. (TF)  
h ....  u .._ 8 _ _ _..  :  _ _ _ ...  
i ..    v ..._      9 _ _ _ _ . (  _._ _ ._  
j ._ _ _  x _.._    Ø _ _ _ _ _   )  _._ _._          
k _._  w ._ _        ._ _ _ _.   _  .._ _ ._ 
l ._..   y _._ _    +  ._.._ ;   _._._.
m _ _   z _ _ ..      ._.._.  

Existem sinais que muito raramente se usam e outros que não são mesmo aplicados na prática. Dentro deste critério informamos que o desconhecimento dos sinais abaixo indicados nada prejudicam a categoria dum operador. São eles ( )’+”_; á à â ó ò ô é è ê ç ch.  

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            Help (S. O. S)                                   ..._ _ _...

            Attention (start a message)            _._._

         Calling  (CQ)                            _._._ _ . _

FROM (DE)                                               _ ...

Invite to transmit (K)                  _._

Wait (AS)                                        ._...

Understand                                           ..._.

Error or mistake                                  ........

End of message (AR)                       ._._.

End of Transmitting (VA)                    ..._._       

Close de station (CL)                           _._.._..   

CQ CQ CQ DE CT1AA  CQ CQ CQ DE CT1AA CQ CQ CQ DE CT1AA K
CT1AA CT1AA CT1AA
DE W5ZZ KN
W5ZZ DE CT1AA   BT GE (Boa noite) GM (Bom Dia) TKS FER UR CALL UR RST 599 599 599 . MY NAME JOHN JOHN JOHN QTH LISBON LISBON LISBON  BT  HW ??? W5ZZ DE CT1AA KN
CT1AA DE W5ZZ  BT GE JOHN TKS FER INFO UR RST RST ALSO 599 599 599 , MY NAME NAME BILL BILL BILL QTH HOUSTON HOUSTON , TX .QSL CARD OK VIA BURO HW ???

W5ZZ DE CT1AA BT FB DR BILL , SOLID CPY BT  TNX FER INFO AND QSO, MY QSL SURE VIA BUREAU BT

HOPE CU AGN VY 73 73 73 BT W5ZZ DE CT1AA KN

CT1AA DE W5ZZ GB JOHN TNX FER QSO ALL THE BEST FER U AND YUR FAMILY. VY 73 73 73

W5ZZ DE CT1AA TNX BILL FER NICE QSO, ALL BST .BT GL GB GUD DX W5ZZ DE CT1AA AR SK E E  

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SOFTWARE FOR WORKING AND LEARNING CW!

CW DECODER via SOUND CARD (TX/RX CW signals)  
Super Morse - If you're trying to learn Morse code, this is one of the best Morse code tutors available.
Super Morse Homepage - A newer version of the excellent Morse Code tutor..
MixW32 FULL PSK PROGRAM by UT2UZ (Many Features)  
MIXW 32 (by UT2UZ) - RTTY, PSK31
DSP-CW  (by SM3HXD) - CW, RTTY
Precision CW (by Ernst Schroeder, DJ7HS)
WinMSDSP 2000  (by 9A4GL) - CW (Meteorscatter, TX & RX)
CWGet  (by UA9OSV)

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