Jean-Pierre F1RUM

I need to get some motivation to retry cw learning... Maybe a 100 days challenge could help 🤔

Just 15 or 20 minutes each day with Koch method.

Any candidates here to share progress and motivation on masto?

A new hashtag #CW100days to follow!

I plan to start on Monday (March 20th), you have time to get some info about Koch method.

Maybe with https://lcwo.net/ or Morse trainer app
https://github.com/eoineoineoin/ecwt

RT if you like cw or want to learn it

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Mar 18, 2023 at 9:37amWeb
Show threadAnton (PD5ANT)Mar 18, 2023
@F1RUM I am following the LICW method but will also take the 100 day challenge. Now or never!
Show threadPeterMar 18, 2023
@F1RUM Guess I'm in but don't tell anybody: would be embarrassing to fail.
Currently LESSON 3 on LCWO.
Show threadAndreas, DJ3EI, he/himMar 18, 2023

Niiiice idea of @F1RUM:

A #MorseCode learning group of people who coordinate themselves via the hashtag #CW100days .

CW is a lot of fun! I hope you'll make it and look forward to reading your progress reports!

But honestly, I doubt 100 days of Koch are doable. All relevant characters are probably done in LESS than 100 days. 🙂 When all are mastered at speed 12 wpm, Koch ends.

Maybe discipline to never do more than 15 minutes a day can stretch it to 100 days 😆 ?

@G8GDS @pd5ant @KC8JC

Show threadAndreas, DJ3EI, he/himMar 18, 2023

If you count today as the first day and the last day both in, that last day is June 25, which happens to be a Sunday.

I highly recommend you all agree to meet on shortwave for a CW #CW100days achivement party on June 25 and celebreate!

(Personally, I'll be on my way home from the German #Hamradio_Friedrichshafen faire that day, so sri nil qrv.)

@F1RUM @G8GDS @pd5ant @KC8JC

Show threadPeterMar 18, 2023
@dj3ei @F1RUM @pd5ant @KC8JC
Yes, 100 days does seem short now you point it out. It's less than 2 days/letter.
I am trying to get consistently over 95% at each new letter before moving on.
I am going to have to speed up.
Show threadAndreas, DJ3EI, he/himMar 18, 2023

@G8GDS @F1RUM @pd5ant @KC8JC I was trying to joke. I think 100 days is plenty of time to learn CW.

I think two days for a letter is actually plenty.

But maybe I'm wrong? Admittedly, I'm more used to half-hour sessions per day than quarter-hour sessions.

Show threadAndreas, DJ3EI, he/himMar 18, 2023

I'm just doing some math here regarding #CW100days :

The international #MorseCode (as defined by IITU-R M.1677-1) lists 55 characters, some not used in #hamradio, some very rarely.

To learn all 55 characters in 100 days, that gives you a little less than two days per character.

So, to start this off, you'd be right on track if mastering 2 different characters by 2023-03-18 (day 1); for Koch method, at speed true 60 cpm = 12 wpm with no additional spacing.

@G8GDS @pd5ant @KC8JC @F1RUM

Show threadAndreas, DJ3EI, he/himMar 18, 2023

@G8GDS @pd5ant @KC8JC @F1RUM

I have a few lines of Python here that say:

55 characters to learn
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l',
'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x',
'y', 'z', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
'é', '.', ',', ':', '?', "'", '-', '/', '(', ')', '"', '=',
'+', '@', 'error', 'as', 'sk', 'ka?', 'sn?']
2023-03-18 day 1: 2 chars.
2023-03-19 day 2: 3 chars.
...

2023-06-25 day 100: 55 chars.

Show threadMatt GumbleyMar 19, 2023
@dj3ei @G8GDS @pd5ant @KC8JC @F1RUM hello all, just a data point from me - I started using the Ham Morse iOS app every day for a few minutes, and it took me 226 days to go from start to 100% decode of all of the random characters at 20 WPM, writing everything down. To reach the end of the Koch set took 171 days with many plateaus. Great app, I’d caution against such pure Morse - I find it really hard to decode real on-air CW, due to QRN/QSB, and head-reading still eludes me. Good luck & 73 Matt
Show threadJ.C. KC8JC 📻Mar 18, 2023
@F1RUM I’ve been hacking away at it for a few months now with some progress. Always looking for new ways to keep the motivation alive!
Show threadtommaso iu5fho-dl6plzMar 18, 2023
@F1RUM I also struggled a lot over the years, with many attempts to move through the LCWO lessons and many breaks in between.
What really helped me to finish learning all the characters (now I have to find the courage for my first QSO though) is that I got a #morserino and I started to practice sending in parallel with the LCWO copy training. For me, learning to send really helped to properly memorize all the sounds, way easier than just copying!
Show threadtommaso iu5fho-dl6plzMar 18, 2023
@F1RUM Maybe for me this challenge could translate in finding the courage to actually get on the air within 100 days 😂 😅
Show threadThe HAMMar 18, 2023
@F1RUM
I wish all participants good luck. Hope to hear / read more about the project.🗝️ 💪
Show threadON5ZO-OQ5MMar 18, 2023
@F1RUM
CW -IS- the motivation!
Just do it. It's nothing more than that: invest 10 minutes every day. Not longer, but every day.
Sometimes it feels like stalling but keep practicing. Every day.
Make qso. Listen to cw qso...
Good luck / bonne chance!
Show threadei7ijbMar 18, 2023
@F1RUM I had started and stopped learning multiple times. I will also start learning via lcwo.net from Monday. #CW100days
Show threadJeffMar 19, 2023
@F1RUM count me in for the challenge! I’m on lesson 16 of 39 in my Koch Trainer iOS app. Still a ways to go.
Show threadcd3vlnMar 25, 2023

@F1RUM @g0dub

Hi! I’m a little late for the start. I’m a total newbie to CW. I’ll try the method explained in “zen and the art of radiotelegraphy”. I think it will take way more than 100 days for me.
#CW100days