CW QSO Protocol ⚡ Tutorial
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Published 2022-05-05
This is the most basic form of CW QSO and will become your foundation.
In this sample-QSO we exchange protocol 1 & 2 then formally end.
QSOs can go longer or shorter. But, a vast majority of my QSOs are similar to this one.
I made this tutorial following what I feel is most common. But, variations are fine.
The Standard QSO Protocol Reference Sheet can be found on the Long Island CW Club Website in the Academic Downloads tab at the top of the page.
For more information on CW QSO Protocol please consider:
The Long Island CW Club
longislandcwclub.org/
73, Jim
W6JIM
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Abbreviations and Pro-Signs used in this video:
GM - Good Morning GA - Good Afternoon GE - Good Evening
ES - And HW? - How Copy? DE - From or "This is"
WX - Weather FER - For RPRT - Report
TU - Thank You TNX - Thanks
K - Go, invite any station to transmit
CUAGN - See You Again
Pro-Signs:
AR - End of message
SK - End of contact
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Note: I am one of the few CW operators that accidentally learned to send on a paddle in reverse. I am right handed, but I send "Dits" with my forefinger and "Dahs" with my thumb. This is reverse from normal. Be aware in case you are just learning a paddle.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Overview
00:20 W6JIM Protocol-1
02:20 WO6W Protocol-1
04:24 W6JIM Protocol-2
06:38 WO6W Protocol-2
09:01 W6JIM Ending
10:16 WO6W Ending
11:28 W6JIM Final Dits
11:42 Resource Info
All Comments (21)
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Thanks very much for doing this at a speed and very clean clear characters to make it very easy to copy. I enjoyed listening. I even enjoyed looking at the skillful ways the keys were handled. Well Done.
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Thank you, as a new CW op your videos are great help for me! 73!
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Tnx Jim, this is a great video as it allows me to listen to the code and see it in print at the same time. I'll look for more of your videos.
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Спасибо за Вашу работу! Учусь по Вашим видео.
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Excellent, thanks for posting and the document is now hanging in the shack !!. 73's from VK3
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Very Helpfull !! Well presented and carried out! Thank You!
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Jim- Thanks for teaching this to newbies like me
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Thank you for posting this video! And, beautiful keys!!!!!!
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Just what I was looking for. Thnx!
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Thank you, very easy to copy!
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Nice one, Jim! 👍🏻
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Thank you for making this.
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Well done sir, great example/tool! Run throughs are exactly what we need after learning the characters. Cheers! Edit: just saw your note on learning 'backwards', didn't know that! Saw it in the video, but was wondering if I had learned in reverse. But that's because I have keys wired differently, since one was used when I got it; cause a bit of confusion on my end, haha. I put a switch in my 1980s keyer, so it accommodates both now. Interestingly, I can send code pretty comfortably with my left hand, throwing the switch so that the dits/dahs are on the same digits (mirrored). Wonder if others experience this too? It'll be good for me since I seem to have some carpal tunnel in the right wrist.
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Thank you very much, very helpful! A new encouraging
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It's awesome! Tnx! 73 fom Brazil! (PY4IM)
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thank you
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What brand and model is the key with the wooden paddles? Great video, very helpful as I am learning cw now
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Tx for making this protocol come to life! What speed is this?
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Hi, I have no one to compare my Morse learning progress to but I could follow all that what was sent with the actual text being shown. Can you please advise me the next steps that I should concentrate on I really want to be able to have a QSO via CW and enjoy the friendships developed from meeting other Hams using g this mode. 73's for ZL1BMA.
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My understanding is the K at the end will invite anyone to answer. The correct method is KN which invites a specific operator to answer? I'm just asking.
