VE2WU also W7WI

Marten Guthrie

1478 Covey Hill Road,

COVEY HILL, QC J0S 1E0

VE2WU 20 METER STACKED ARRAY ON 77 METER (250 FT) ROTATING TOWER
MAIN OPERATING DESK USING 6 MONITORS

Our house during renovations in 2011



AMATEUR RADIO LICENSES HELD
W7WI / KD7AYD – USAVE2WU – CANADA – Born in Montreal, QC (1943)
NOVICEBASIC
TECHNICIAN10 METER ENDORSEMENT
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ADVANCEDDIGITAL
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THE USA LICENSES OBTAINED WHILE WORKING FOR BOEING IN RENTON, WA USA

A Summary To Prepare You To Learn

Your ATTITUDE toward learning is crucially important: It is essential PREPARATION for success.

Get your first impression of the code characters by LISTENING to them – BY EAR – the way you will actually use them.

From the very first learn to hear each code character as a UNIT OF SOUND, a whole pattern, a rhythm.

THE CODE CHARACTER IS THE LETTER.

CONCENTRATE ON ONE ASPECT AT A TIME.

ATTITUDES FOR SUCCESS

WE ARE BUILDING A SET OF HABITS

RELAX

DEVELOP A GOOD MENTAL ATTITUDE

STAGE ONE – LEARNING THE A-B-C’s

STAGE TWO – PRACTICE

PICTURING SUCCESS IS STRONG PREPARATION FOR IT

LEARN TO RECEIVE THE CODE ACCURATELY – this is our primary goal.

Listen only to ACCURATELY SENT CODE.

Plan for regular daily PRACTICE PERIODS.

JOYS OF CW – MORSE CODE

Saying the letter immediately, or writing it down immediately, each time the ear hears it is one of ways to build the code habit quickly.

Almost anyone who can learn to read can learn the code.

Any person of reasonable intelligence can learn the Morse code and become a very good operator, able to copy it with a pencil at 25 wpm and send it clearly, smoothly and read-able.

It’s a matter of motivation, the secret of learning any skill.

Nothing beats enthusiasm to learn. Stir it up – eagerness.

CW is fun if you take the time to learn and to be comfortable with it.