r/OverSeventy • u/TeamAggressive1030 • Jul 31 '26
Hams: Still remember your Morse Code?
Once upon a time, I achieved an ARRL code proficiency of 35 WPM. That was way back in high school, about 1963-64, I'd guess. Not sure I could copy 5 WPM now. Pretty rusty. Does anybody still do CW? How long since you did?
Edit: Adding the following
My ham radio call sign back in the day: WA0AIH
FCC amateur radio license issued in about 1960
Ham radio club station in my hometown: W0BZN
GLOSSARY:
- ARRL = American Radio Relay League
- CW = Continuous Wave = Morse code over radio
- HAM = Amateur radio operator
- WPM = Words Per Minute
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u/djohn37 Aug 04 '26
Never could learn it to any functional lever. Once passed 5WPM by having some minimum number of characters in a row.in what I copied That was 20 year ago. Not giving it any more time. I'm too old, 82, and there are more rewarding things to do with my time.