Posts for: #General-Amateur-Radio

Learning CW

Last January, I passed the General Class written test with flying colors. I also failed the CW test miserably. In June, I failed it again, and I have one month to take it one last time or else I have to retake the written class test over again. I’m not looking forward to that at all. So, I’m putting my nose to the grindstone and I will pass the test next time.

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Learning Code the Old Fashioned way

Warning! INCREDIBLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT MATERIAL AHEAD!

I’m currently trying to pass my General Class Amateur Radio exam, and I found the following book online. As you may be able to tell, it was written several years ago. When I read this book, I get the image of an older gruff gentleman telling me the best way that he knows how to learn Morse Code. He really doesn’t give a damn for my new-fangled ways of doing things, but he sincerely wants me to learn. Here’s the introduction:

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