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CW (Morse Code)

Discuss CW operating, Morse code sending, receiving, keys, paddles, and improving amateur radio Morse skills.

  1. just started learning CW and my sending sounds terrible - is this normal?

    Rachel Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 3 views
    Kevin Turner

  2. struggling with my first paddle, hand keeps tensing up

    James Patterson,
    • 1 reply
    • 1 view
    Sarah Anderson50

  3. struggling to get my fist consistent on a paddle, any tips?

    David Davis44,
    • 1 reply
    • 12 views
    James Brown39

  4. finally getting into CW but my sending is a mess — any advice?

    Michael Torres,
    • 1 reply
    • 7 views
    Patricia Wilson

  5. finally trying to learn CW after 5 years on SSB — where do i even start with a keyer

    David Williams95,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    Antenna Guy

  7. struggling to get my keyer timing right — tips?

    Susan Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    James Williams

  8. struggling with my keyer timing, everything sounds mushy

    Elizabeth Patel,
    • 1 reply
    • 13 views
    Jessica Moore

  9. struggling to get my fist consistent on CW, any tips?

    Susan Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views
    Jessica Miller89

  10. struggling with my keyer timing, sends fine slow but gets messy fast

    Michael O'Connor,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    Robert Kim97

  11. finally trying to learn CW properly — keyer settings driving me nuts

    Jennifer Wu,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    Jennifer Martinez

  13. struggling with my keyer timing — everything sounds mushy

    Contest Fan,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    Kevin Anderson

  14. struggling to get my fist consistent on a paddle — any tips?

    Bob Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 28 views
    Ashley Brown

  15. struggling with my first paddle, sending sounds terrible

    Sarah Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 18 views
    David Davis44

  16. finally picked up a paddle, now what? feeling lost on iambic mode

    Susan Clark,
    • 1 reply
    • 18 views
    Christine Lee

  17. struggling with my keyer timing — everything sounds mushy

    Contester,
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views
    David Miller

  19. finally trying to learn CW properly, paddle question

    Daniel Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Amanda Williams49

  20. struggling to get my keyer timing right — iambic mode B is driving me nuts

    Ashley Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 26 views
    Ashley Anderson

  21. struggling to get my keyer timing to feel right — any tips?

    Carlos Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Nicole Martin

  22. finally trying to learn CW properly — struggling with the paddle timing

    Jessica Nakamura,
    • 1 reply
    • 17 views
    Michael Rodriguez

  23. struggling to get my keyer timing right, everything sounds like mush

    Steven Kumar,
    • 1 reply
    • 22 views
    David Williams99

  25. struggling to get my fist decent on CW, any tips from you guys?

    Amanda Johnson64,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    James Wilson

  26. struggling to get my iambic keyer timing to feel right

    Jessica Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 30 views
    Michael Moore

  27. finally trying to learn CW after years of putting it off — paddle questions

    Brazil Ham,
    • 1 reply
    • 37 views
    Michael O'Brien

  28. struggling with my keyer timing, sending sounds terrible

    Michelle Garcia,
    • 1 reply
    • 52 views
    Michelle Garcia

  29. finally got a paddle, not sure im doing this right

    Daniel Patel,
    • 1 reply
    • 55 views
    HF Hunter

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