NARC Morse Classes

Morse Classes.
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Emma 2E0KFZ
Nick M0NVT
Tony M7NFK
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Tuesday 24th I am attending a committee meeting of NARC so you will all have a free evening! I am hoping you will all put it to good use by doing plenty of practice. You are now playing “keep-up” each week because I shall carry on increasing overall speed each week. Next time we will be refreshing all the difficult characters so please do some extra practice on the least used letters of the alphabet.
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In order to cope with call signs, please download a program called RUFZxp. When you run it, it willpresent you with a call sign and you have to type it in on the keyboard as fast as you can. If you get it correctly the speed will increase. If you get it wrong, the speed will decrease. You have two attempts. If you want a repeat just hit F6.

                    PONDERING IS NOT ALLOWED   PONDERING IS NOT ALLOWED

Please do not forget that. It is non-productive. If you did not copy instantaneously, it shows a lack of Practice.
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I suggested as homework with plain language that you should look at the RSGB web site and go to the NEWS. PLEASE do carry on with that. It will get you used to copying plain language. Remember that Pondering over one letter

It is available in CW at speeds of 5 wpm upwards. Sit down for 30 minutes or so and do some copying of this, at a speed that you can get around 80% solid copy. This will show which are your problem characters so you can construct some groups with these and do extra practice.
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I did say that ALL the hard work is done by YOU when learning Morse, so please stick with it and do as much Big P as you can in order that you don’t drop behind. Try and copy some of the Monday night net. It might be too fast but listening to Morse that is too fast for you is the only way to progress. This coming Monday is SK night again so speeds will be low. See what you can copy over the air. 3543 at 8 p.m.

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Here is the schedule:

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Here is the information on the Monday NARC CW net. We would like to see more people join who need the netting and net practice. It is very good local practice and we don’t bite!
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It is very important that you don’t send at a faster speed than the Net Controller. This is a QRS net and it runs at the speed of the slowest operator (and that may be the Net Controller). Practising sending and receiving CW is an important aspect of the net and everyone should be working to copy as much traffic as they can, even if it is not their turn. The LIDS motto is “Leave no OP behind” and it is important that everyone feels able to participate in the net, regardless of ability.

Please do not ask the Net Controller to send faster. The purpose of the net is to build confidence, not speed. If the net is running too slowly for you then you are free to drop out at any time but please consider staying to help those new CW operators who will surely appreciate your patience and experience.

Q-Codes

QRG = Your exact frequency is … kHz. Can simply mean frequency. E.g. QRG 7035

QRQ = Increase speed (to … wpm). Used to speed up the net (use of WPM is optional). E.g. QRQ 15 15

QRS = Decrease speed (to … wpm). Used to slow down the net (use of WPM is optional). E.g. QRS QRS

QRT = End of transmissions, the net is closing down. E.g. TNX ES 73 QRT

QRU = I have nothing further for you. Also used as a question, e.g. QRU?

QRX = Please standby. Used to request station stop transmitting. TNX OM QRX PSE

QSY = Change to frequency … kHz. Used to advise stations on the need to change the net frequency, perhaps due to local interference. E.g. PSE QSY 7032 7032

73 de Roger, G3LDI roger@g3ldi.co.uk May the Morse be with you.

Author Roger Cooke