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Roger J. Wendell
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WBØJNR

Morse Code Hand Keys
Elecraft K1, J38, and a
Morse Express Chirstmas Key 		Hear Morse code!

You should be hearing a Morse code message when this page comes up. If not, you can click Here to hear the wav version that I was actually sending on my equipment or click Here for the simulated mp3 version...

 

Here's what the code you're hearing is actually saying (the speed is about 20 wpm):
CQ CQ CQ de WBØJNR WBØJNR K

This "CQ CQ" business is a general call we send out inviting anyone to answer back to chat with us. In this example, I'm actually saying something like, "This is WBØJNR, please call back and chat with me!" Also, if you turn up your computer's volume you'll actually hear the little metalic clicks my keyer paddle was making while I recorded this message on the wav version. At first I didn't have the technology to run the keyer's tone output directly into my computer. Now I just like the nostalgia of hearing the orignal "raw" sound as I attempted the recording in 1998. In 2006 I added the "synthetic" mp3 version so you can hear perfect code!

 

For some Morse code "Music," try sending this character sequence: BEST BENT WIRE /5
If you put a little "rhythm" into your sending the sound is, indeed, rather musical!!

Yellow Arrow Pointing Right Click Here to hear the mp3 version of BEST BENT WIRE /5 for yourself!

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ZUT
CW Forever!
Coast Guard and Military Stations used "Z" signals in addition to the familiar "Q" signals. "ZUT" Was the unofficial motto, "CW Forever!"

USCGC Chase
Braggin' Rights: Who holds the Coast Guard's record for receiving Morse code?  -  ME!

(I learned the code at age 14 by memorizing it out of a dictionary!)

Coast Guard 40 wpm certificate.
Armed Forces Day 25 wpm certificate.
ARRL 20 wpm certificate.

Coast Guard Speed Key Certificate Front
Coast Guard Speed Key Certificate Back

Yellow Arrow Pointing Right Click Here for the International Morse code alphabet and phonetics
Yellow Arrow Pointing Right Click Here for "Q" and "Z" signals
Yellow Arrow Pointing Right Click Here for my tribute to Morse Telegraphy!

My 1983 Letter to FCC

Here was one of my earlier attempts at convincing the FCC to keep Morse code as an amateur radio requirement... (Okay, it was 1983, I was young, full of myself, and typewriters didn't have grammar and spell checkers!)

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Links:

  1. Antennas!
  2. Coast Guard
  3. Coast Guard Club
  4. CWCom Morse code over the Internet
  5. Extra Class License
  6. FISTS The International Morse Preservation Society
  7. K3WWP's Successful Procedures for CW QSO's
  8. K9DE Learning and Using Morse Code
  9. Maritime Radio
  10. Memberships and Wallpaper
  11. Memorizing Morse code by Wolf at 1728 Software Systems
  12. Morse code - a Tribute to Morse Telegraphy!
  13. Morse code alphabet and phonetics
  14. Morse code memories from telegraphers
  15. Morse code music by Phil Tulga - it's great fun!!
  16. NNØTT A Quick Refresher Course on CW Operating Procedures
  17. QRP by me!
  18. Spark Gap info by John S. Belrose
  19. Spark Gap Recording from 1921 by VK7RO
  20. Text to Morse code MP3 converter
  21. The Morse Telegraph Club
  22. Theodore Roosevelt McElroy - World's Champion Radio Telegrapher
  23. W7JWJ Learning code along with some history
  24. ZUT Coast Guard CW Operators Association

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