Morse code – Alive and Kicking! Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen Morse code – Alive and Kicking! Translated from the original presentation „Betriebsart CW – Morsen lebt!“ Version with verbose annotations: http://fkurz.net/ham/fn2011/ Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK http://fkurz.net/ [email protected] Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 1 About the author: Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Born 1983, licensed since 1997 Selftaught in Morse Code Activities related to Telegraphy: Contesting (DL1A, DM7A, DA0HQ, etc.) Ham radio software development (LCWO.net, ebook2cw, ...) High Speed Telegraphy Competitions (DTP, HST) Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 2 Morse Code is alive! Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen Morse Potpourri: How to learn the Morse code in 2011 CW Skimmer and the Reverse Beacon Network Morse Code and psycho acoustics High Speed Telegraphy Competitions Books in Morse Code Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 3 Morse Code is alive! Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen Potpourri, topic 1: Learn CW Online Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 4 LCWO.net Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen Learn CW Online – In your web browser! Full Morse code course (Koch method) Callsign, Word, Plain text training, etc. Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 5 LCWO Statistics (1) Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen ca. 10k active users (not only learning, also training) Results are saved on the server: Over 1 million datasets available to generate statistics Koch course: ca. 2000 „serious“ users (more than 100 attempts over more than two weeks, 480k datasets) Question: Which letters are easy, which difficult? Where do most learners give up? How to improve the learning experience? Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 6 LCWO Statistics (2) Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen s t p m e t t A L f o PT r e b . , m Q u O 5 N 9 Lesson Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 7 LCWO Statistics (3) Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen s r e s U f o r e b m u N Lesson Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 8 LCWO Statistics (4) Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen Most quit very early (as expected). Only 10% finish all lessons? In the higher lessons, pupils often skip lessons! The statistics include many who are still studying! Threshold to identify „serious“ users too high? 300 attempts: 370 users, 100 in lesson 40, ca. 100 still learning and on their way to lesson 40. Easy letters (P, T, O) vs. difficult letters (L) Results of statistics will influence further development Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 9 Morse Code is alive! Ham Radio 2011, Friedrichshafen Potpourri, topic 2: CW Skimmer Friedrichshafen, 25.06.11 Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK Slide 10
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