Hi Hiro-san,

I am glad that the conditions have been good for the past few weeks so that I could hear the A1 Club members from Kanto on 40m during the AWT. I am almost ready to deploy my WWR Carbon Rod antenna so that I can hopefully participate on 80m and 160m as well (Thanks to your advice.)

I think the CW Academy instructor I have now (K5GQ) is doing something that may combine Letter Copy and Sound Copy. However, you are right that it focuses more on Sound Copy.

I wonder if it's more difficult for non-native English speakers to learn the words in CW. A native English speaker might recognize a longer word pattern easier than someone who was using English as a second language. That additional challenge might be difficult.

Bill-san,

Thank you always for calling me at AWT. :)

The method by the CW Academy of the CWops is “Sound Copy” in my naming.

“Sound Copy” is very effective at earlier stage of mastering HEAD COPY as I experienced.

However, if a longer spelling word comes, my “Sound Copy” takes longer decoding time and then missing the next word beginning.

So I started letter-by-letter decoding in my head that I call is “Letter Copy”.

Actually my “Letter Copy” does some multi letter copy such as “ER” of “EVER” and intermittently switching to “Word Copy” such as “BEEN” and other often heard words.

What I understand here is time-shorter letters such as “E” and “I” tend to tern my “Letter Copy” to “Multi Letter Copy” and “Word Copy”.

My “Letter Copy” doesn’t work well at slower 15WPM and faster than 20WPM by different reasons.

Slower “Letter Copy” may lose decoded letters in the brain and at faster “Letter Copy” decode cannot catch up to the speed.

Both issues are caused by the performance of so called Working Memory of the brain, I suppose.

Working Memory retains usually 5 +/- 2 items and only for a few seconds but works with some other tasks like Morse code decoding.

It is said that Working Memory degrades when aged like 50yo and this degrade may cause ADHD or dementia.

I hope my HEAD COPY training may avoid those brain disease. hihi

73,
// HIRO, JJ1FXF

I'm still just a beginner, but the CW Academy course I'm taking is focusing on Head Copy using drills to keep and hold longer sequences of characters before writing/typing them out. Rather than letter-by-letter decoding you force the brain to try to retain what is heard. I'm amazed at how the brain can start interpreting these sequences subconsciously. This may be common sense to experienced operators, but learning head copy has been a fascinating experience for me.

Reading the linked article, I think one would need to already be quite proficient at letter-copy before they could undertake phonic-copy.

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This year is the 25th anniversary of A1CLUB.

As of today A1CLUB has 4,343 members registered from the world.

// HIRO, JJ1FXF

Dear A1CLUB members,

I just posted about HEAD COPY to Long Island CW club reflector and I would like to hear from you, too.

Any new or variational methods of HEAD COPY that you tried or you are trying?

Followings are what I'm working on and I will try the Phonic Copy soon.

1. Letter Copy
Convert Morse codes into letters one by one and then construnct words to understand.
Good for QRS to QRQ but hard when over 30WPM. Word prediction will enhance this skill.

2. Sound Copy
Temporarily memorise dits dahs and then convert into letters and words.
Good for randam letters such as call signs and encrypted reception. Relatively no missing letters.

3. Word Copy
Match continuous sound of Morse codes directly to words to understand.
Good for QRQ especially over 30WPM but hard to memorize many words. Less brain over-heating.

I'm using all above methods occasonally, Letter Copy is my main method, Sound Copy is to copy QRQ call signs in contests, Word Copy for myself is a kind of byproduct of Letter Copy in QSOs.

I suppose DF7TV, Tom san is working on the progressed Word Copy at HST such as 35WPM and more.

Some people say that Sound Copy is mostly effective for HAND COPY (writting letters or PC keying). So good for CW exam which requires to write codes on papers.

If you do more or another on HEAD COPY, please share your thoughts with us.

73,
// HIRO, JJ1FXF

Dear A1C members:
A1C OAM on-air information is as follows:

1. Date & Time
2023/03/24 21:30Z to 2023/03/25 02:00Z

2. FREQ
7.025MHz(+/-) 21:30Z-00:30Z
10-28MHz 00:30Z-02:00Z

3. OP
JI3CJP KAN, JCC2304

4.QSL CARDs
No QSL cards (Except:hQSL, eQSL)

5.Others
*If you feel that you want to make QSO as soon as possible, please
shift your frequency a little. I think it's especially effective for
QRP.
*Please be careful not to become a QRM for other stations when you
shift your frequency.
*Please attention, if you call twice, suffix only, and call late with
out of timings, I will most likely not pick up.
*Please check carefully the call specification, if OP used. ex:QRP...
*Be careful not to let me send you with as follows;LSN, PSE, ONLY, AS, etc...
*I may not be able to post on the A1-CHAT.
*QRP operation, if the WX is bad.

Dear A1CLUB members,

Spring has really come here in Japan and the CONDX is also getting better and better.

At the next coming Saturaday A1NET, Let us chat about field activities you already had or you plan to do soon.

DATE : 2023/03/25(SAT)
TIME : 10:30Z - 11:30Z (19:30JST - 20:30JST)
FREQ : 7.025MHz
* Check A1-Chat for QRG.
(ID:599/PW:599)

KEY : JJ1FXF/HIRO
QTH : YACHIMATA City, CHIBA Pref. (JCC1230)
RIG : FTDX-101MP(200W)
ANT : 13mH INV-Vee DIPOLE

CUL es 73,
// HIRO, JJ1FXF

Thanks honorable gentlemen for all of the great replies to my question and the information all of you have provided to me! I appreciate it very much and hope I can make many more JA QSOs as well as hopefully get to check in on the net which I've never been successful at doing since my initial club membership. Again, thanks very much!?

Very 73!
Cliff, KU4GW
Taylorsville, (Alexander County), NC, USA
Grid: EM95iv
A-1 CW Club Membership # 3440

私の质问に対する素晴らしい回答と、あなたが提供した情报に感谢します。 JA QSOがもっとできることを願っています。 また、入部以来できなかったクラブネットへのチェックインができるようになることを愿っています。 改めまして、どうもありがとうございました！ とても73です！ クリフ、碍鲍4骋奥 Taylorsville, (Alexander County), NC, USA グリッド：贰惭95颈惫 A-1 CW クラブ メンバーシップ # 3440

Cliff,
John makes a good point.

In April 2023 (from your QTH to the center of Japan) the peaks for Long Path propagation according to Voacap on the 10 mtr band are
at 2300Z (and -- perhaps -- I am not sure about that at 1300Z).

There is a much smaller (about 4 S-units lower) peak for Short Path propagation
around 2200Z.

To check, if I may be received in Japan, I always use



and search for my own call sign.

If you own an Android phone, you may consider to install "hamalert" and filter for spots of hams from Japan in your region.
(On the station's PC, I use DXLabSuite's "SpotCollector", which allows for even more filtering)


CU 73
Tom DF7TV

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