"Very interesting! I have the CD and booklet but haven't had much time to try to learn. (I was working 2 jobs - and 7 days a week) Maybe now that I'm down to one job, I will have time and concentration. Even tho it's not required for Ham Radio communication, I think it would be a valuable tool in emergencies. "

There's a nice new resource by a German ham, DJ1YFK, who has written several nice bits of software for amateur radio enthusiasts. He has a website with morse code (called CW in hamspeak - for continuous wave) lessons broken down into small, easy to digest steps that you can do online. You can also compare yourself to other folks to see how you're doing, if you want to.

http://lcwo.net

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"When I copy the code at the beginning of the show I usually have to go thru the msg 2 or 3 times to get it all as it is sent pretty fast and my copying skills aren't that fast anymore. They used an apostrophe in one of the code transmissions and while I might have known it at one time it went totally over my head and I never figured it out until they said what it was! I think they show some operation of older ham radios using single- sideband transmission. I guess those must be tube type radios that survived the electromagnetic pulse from the high altitude nuclear explosions. Supposedly, solid state radios, unless they are specially shielded, can't survive EMP.

Anyway, Jericho is the first network tv show I've liked in a long time.
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Tonight was "Tho it is dark" I think - the thing that makes it toughest is the music they play right on top of the middle characters during each episode. My copying skills are good, but not at that speed and not with all that noise - it usually takes me 5 to 7 times to get it all - maily due to the noise.

TigerDad

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