Know Code or No Code?
Southern Michigan Amateur Radio Society
This part of the site is here for the purposes of helping to learn morse code. All amateurs interested in learning code may find this page useful. While we believe it is important to know morse code, it certainly doesn't make you any less of an operator if you don't.
Software
A CW Trainer using the Koch methodVersion 4 is here, with added ease of use and new features such as being able to record a session to a WAV file. Session settings are now remembered whenever the software is closed and reloaded at startup. The Farnsworth user interface has been simplified and the granularity of steps reduce. User definable Morse characters have been added and finally, rig control is now available using RTS or DTR so that you can provide over-the-air training.
This time the download is a ZIP file. Open the downloaded file with WinZip and simply double click on Setup.EXE to install the new version.
Download Version 6
W1AW Schedule
Scheduled Transmissions
W1AW transmits on-the-air code practice and bulletins of interest to hams. The bulletins are also available via email and on the Web.
Transmission Schedule
Pacific | Mtn | Cent | East | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | |
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6 am | 7 am | 8 am | 9 am | Fast Code | Slow Code | Fast Code | Slow Code | ||
7-9 am 10 am-12:45 pm |
8-10 am 11 am-1:45 pm |
9-11 am noon-2:45 pm |
10 am-noon 1-3:45 pm |
Visiting Operator Time | |||||
1 pm | 2 pm | 3 pm | 4 pm | Fast Code | Slow Code | Fast Code | Slow Code | Fast Code | |
2 pm | 3 pm | 4 pm | 5 pm | Code Bulletin | |||||
3 pm | 4 pm | 5 pm | 6 pm | Teleprinter Bulletin | |||||
4 pm | 5 pm | 6 pm | 7 pm | Slow Code | Fast Code | Slow Code | Fast Code | Slow Code | |
5 pm | 6 pm | 7 pm | 8 pm | Code Bulletin | |||||
6 pm | 7 pm | 8 pm | 9 pm | Teleprinter Bulletin | |||||
6:45 pm | 7:45 pm | 8:45 pm | 9:45 pm | Voice Bulletin | |||||
7 pm | 8 pm | 9 pm | 10 pm | Fast Code | Slow Code | Fast Code | Slow Code | Fast Code | |
8 pm | 9 pm | 10 pm | 11 pm | Code Bulletin |
W1AW's schedule is at the same local time throughout the year. The schedule according to your local time will change if your local time does not have seasonal adjustments that are made at the same time as North American time changes between standard time and daylight time. From the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) = Eastern Time + 4 hours. For the rest of the year, UTC = Eastern Time + 5 hours.
Frequencies are 1.818, 3.5815, 7.0475, 14.0475, 18.0975, 21.0675, 28.0675 and 147.555 MHz.
Slow Code = practice sent at 5, 7-1/2, 10, 13 and 15 words per minute (wpm).
Fast Code = practice sent at 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 13 and 10 wpm.
Code practice text is from the pages of QST magazine, the League's membership journal. The source is given at the beginning of each practice session and alternate speeds within each session. For example, "Text is from July 1992 QST, pages 9 and 81," indicates that the practice session's plain text is from the article on page 9 and its mixed number/letter groups are from page 81.
Code bulletins are sent at 18 wpm.
CW frequencies include code practices, Qualifying Runs and CW bulletins.
World Wide Web: You can also find W1AW code practice here on ARRLWeb, in MP3 format. Other resources can be found on the ARRLWeb Learn CW page.
W1AW Qualifying Runs are sent on the same frequencies as the Morse code transmissions. West Coast qualifying runs are transmitted on approximately 3.590 MHz K6YR. At the beginning of each code practice session, the schedule for the next qualifying run is presented. Underline one minute of the highest speed you copied, certify that your copy was made without aid, and send it to ARRL for grading. Please include your name, call sign (if any) and complete mailing address. Send a 9 × 12 inch self-addresssed, stamped envelope (SASE) for a certificate, or a business-size SASE for an endorsement.
Frequencies are 3.625, 7.095, 14.095, 18.1025, 21.095, 28.095 and 147.555 MHz.
Bulletins are sent at 45.45-baud Baudot and 100-baud AMTOR, FEC Mode B, 110-baud ASCII will be sent only as time allows.
Keplerian elements for many amateur satellites will be sent on the regular teleprinter frequencies on Tuesdays and Fridays at 6:30 PM Eastern Time.
Frequencies are 1.855, 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59 and 147.555 MHz.
Morse Code Transmissions
Teleprinter Transmissions
Voice Transmissions
Local (Eastern) | UTC | ||||
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Date | Time | Day | Time | Date | Notes |
May 2 | 7 pm | Friday | 2300z | May 2 | 10-40 (QRL) |
May 21 | 9 am | Wednesday | 1300z | May 21 |
UTC | Local (Pacific) | ||||
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Date | Time | Day | Date | Time | Notes |
May 15 | 0400z | Wednesday | May 14 | 9 pm |