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✅ Jump from Morse Code Letters to Words!

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Why can you get letters but not words? In this video, we break down the math behind why you may be having troubles and why so many people plateau. We go over specific skills that you might be missing.

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Michael N4FFF es Becky N4BKY

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20 Comments

@yertelt5570 2 months ago

When you described the pile-up of letters caused by missing a character, all I could think of was Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory, lol.

@onnobeckerhof5790 3 days ago

Finally a more scientific and educational point of view. This is unique and very well presented. Thank you very much!

@wildhogsham7077 2 months ago

Love the high tech graphics

@KevinG72 2 months ago

Thank you both for dedicating so much of your time to help us!

@Sulint 1 month ago

This is exactly where I am in my Morse code training. Your video came at the perfect time. Thank you for your clear explanations, and thank you for all your videos that greatly help the community 🙏

@fernndogonzalez624 2 months ago

Hello, I’m writing to you from Chile, South America. I love your videos; I’m learning CW, and you make it look very easy.:face-blue-smiling:

@Helmchen81 2 months ago

Once again exactly the right contact at the right time.. thanks so much

@Mary-wk6of 2 months ago

Thank you so much Mike and Becky! Excellent video! When l go out l try to spell words in dits and dahs, for example l started with simple names. It’s fun so it becomes practice and routine! Thank you!☺️

@rico1319 2 months ago

I love you guys! So helpful👍👍👍

@HobbySteveTX 3 weeks ago

Thank you this is where I’m at

@PrepHamPaul 2 months ago

Great information as always! I have gone through the letters, definately have my difficult ones, but I'm runnign through the letter and word recognition, I'll add the morse trainer site to my daily routine!

@SteveTechTube 2 months ago

Great info!

@Zach_K4ZSR 2 months ago

Great video Mike and Becky!

@Kd9dwu260 2 months ago

Good video, came at the right time for my CW learning journey. Thank you!

@SvenniDal 2 months ago

Awesome video! Thank you so much 🙏🏼

@joeloverti672 2 months ago

In 1964, at the US Navy Radioman School in San Diego, we had to pass a 20 wpm send/receive test to graduate. We learned Morse code (CW) by typing on typewriters, associating each character with a specific finger. This was essential for producing clear, legible copy to route message traffic. We spent countless hours copying endless five-letter random word groups, never understanding what we were typing. When I studied for my first ham ticket, I was lost, since I had to the relearn the characters by writing them out by hand instead of typing. Agee, never count dit/dahs... it's a language of sound.

@pseudo_goose 2 months ago (edited)

Thank you for helping share CW! I have a different way of thinking about training:
The gap after each character is actually an important part of the pattern. Most of it won't be dedicated thinking time. My mind will never decide the character near the start of the gap, because it has to hear a long enough gap to know the character is over, to distinguish between for example T, N, K, C Y. I believe that listening and copying have to be trained to run in parallel.

So for me, I prefer training at my target speed with no extra spacing, gradually adding new characters, and alternating different kinds of copy (typing, writing, and single word in memory)