WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.160 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:06.559 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.780 --> 00:00:13.500 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:13.500 --> 00:00:18.179 .com. And by ICOM, heard it, worked it, logged 00:00:18.179 --> 00:00:23.399 it. Visit www .icomamerica .com slash amateur 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:30.829 for more information about ICOM radios. With 00:00:30.829 --> 00:01:00.299 Neorep, here we go Welcome to Amtoc Live Everyone, 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:04.519 it's time for HamTalk Live. It's episode number 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:11.120 315, CW with CICR, recorded on Thursday, April 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:16.760 6th, 2023. I'm your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. 00:01:16.819 --> 00:01:20.079 Thanks for tuning into this episode of HamTalk 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:22.900 Live. 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And of course, the 00:06:57.019 --> 00:06:59.579 rig that changed the way entry -level HF is designed, 00:06:59.579 --> 00:07:03.560 the IC7300, the portable HF rig with base station 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:08.279 features, the IC705, the ID5100 Advanced Dual 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:11.819 -Band Mobile, the powerful ID52A Dual -Band HT 00:07:11.819 --> 00:07:14.800 with Waterfall Display and D -Star, and more 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:24.960 are all available from iCom America. Visit The 00:07:24.960 --> 00:07:27.740 grass may be greener on the other side, but at 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:29.839 least we don't have to mow it. You're listening 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:55.939 to HamTalk Live with Neil Rapp. And welcome back 00:07:55.939 --> 00:08:01.060 to HamTalk Live. Tonight, Glenn Norman, W4YES 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:05.939 from Decatur, Alabama, and Terry Beard, KO4WFP 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:10.120 from Savannah, Georgia. Join us on the Orlando 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:12.800 Amateur Radio Club and Hamcation Zoom line after 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:18.540 six years of teaching CW in August of 2020. 2022, 00:08:18.980 --> 00:08:24.060 Glenn Norman, W4YES, began compiling an entirely 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:28.660 independent CW course called the Comprehensive 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:33.879 Instant Character Recognition Course or Comprehensive 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:40.120 ICR course or even better just CICR and CICR 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:45.460 is offered free of charge to all and Terri Beard, 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:51.279 K -O for WFP, is a recent graduate of the pilot 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:55.600 CICR course and is here to talk about it from 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:59.139 the student's perspective. So Glenn and Terri, 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:01.379 thank you for coming on the show and welcome 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:04.539 to HamTalk Live. Thank you, Neil. It's good to 00:09:04.539 --> 00:09:06.639 be here. It's an honor. Thank you. Thank you, 00:09:06.659 --> 00:09:10.159 Neil. All right. Well, Glenn, let's talk a little 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:15.460 bit about What is this CICR? I get this email 00:09:15.460 --> 00:09:20.320 in my box from Karen Eve Murray, KD2GUT, our 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.720 editor over at Amateur Radio Newsline, and she 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:25.860 says, you really need to talk to Glen about this, 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:29.840 because this is a really cool CW thing. And I 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:33.100 know she's just been getting into CW recently. 00:09:33.940 --> 00:09:37.580 So tell us a little bit about what this is, because 00:09:37.580 --> 00:09:40.769 a lot of people have not heard of this. Okay, 00:09:40.769 --> 00:09:43.850 very good. Thank you so much, Neil. That's a 00:09:43.850 --> 00:09:46.289 mouthful, a comprehensive, instant character 00:09:46.289 --> 00:09:50.830 recognition course. So yeah, CICR, it is, you 00:09:50.830 --> 00:09:52.649 know, after doing this for a number of years, 00:09:53.029 --> 00:09:58.129 I realized that typically what we do in CW courses 00:09:58.129 --> 00:10:00.529 is we learn and we learn and learn and learn 00:10:00.529 --> 00:10:04.370 with the end goal of getting on the air. So what 00:10:04.370 --> 00:10:06.750 I did is I took that model and flipped it upside 00:10:06.750 --> 00:10:09.899 down and said, if you're on the air, I don't 00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:12.039 care if you're sending three DITs and your buddy's 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:15.360 sending three DOS, okay? There's no minimum requirement. 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:17.759 But if you have the ability to get on the air 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.460 and you are willing to do it, and you wish to 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:24.940 get better and improve, then come on on board. 00:10:25.299 --> 00:10:28.639 And so basically we're not teaching the code. 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:30.100 In other words, these are people who already 00:10:30.100 --> 00:10:33.600 know the code, but our slogan is learning how 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:36.220 to learn Morse code. That's really important 00:10:36.220 --> 00:10:39.480 because along the way, I think, at least in some 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:42.960 cases, maybe we practice, but we're not really 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:45.720 sure how we're supposed to practice or train. 00:10:46.460 --> 00:10:49.120 And so what we're doing here is really focusing 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.919 on learning how to learn the code and applying 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:55.779 that on the air. So instead of learning with 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:58.879 that goal in mind, we start off with that, and 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.360 then as a person learns, they can immediately 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:05.269 apply that to their own air experience. So counting 00:11:05.269 --> 00:11:09.210 the number of Dits and Dawes for each letter 00:11:09.210 --> 00:11:12.090 Probably isn't going to get your code speed up 00:11:12.090 --> 00:11:14.690 is what you're saying Well, it depends on what 00:11:14.690 --> 00:11:16.590 you mean, right? If you're doing it one word 00:11:16.590 --> 00:11:18.330 a minute, you probably get to two. But yeah, 00:11:18.330 --> 00:11:23.389 yeah Because I can I can first have firsthand 00:11:23.389 --> 00:11:26.629 knowledge of that I memorized Dits and Dawes 00:11:26.629 --> 00:11:31.090 when I learned it and And that's something that's 00:11:31.090 --> 00:11:34.179 held me back Well, it's what everyone has to 00:11:34.179 --> 00:11:35.840 do, right? In order to learn this, you really 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:38.600 have to learn it at that level. But at some point, 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:42.379 you reach what some people call a plateau, but 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:45.779 it's really just that mechanism you're using 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:49.580 to copy the code has simply expired. You simply 00:11:49.580 --> 00:11:52.460 can't get past that point because the brain just 00:11:52.460 --> 00:11:54.860 can't process those dits and dogs fast enough 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:58.080 to get beyond that point. And so what we do is 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:02.320 we, the smallest The smallest element of sound 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:06.179 that we use in this class is a character. So 00:12:06.179 --> 00:12:09.759 we get the character speed up to 30 plus words 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.000 per minute. Now we're not copying 30 plus words 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.299 per minute, but we're listening to the code with 00:12:15.299 --> 00:12:17.700 a character speed of 30 plus words per minute. 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:21.759 So it will sound like a single unit of sound. 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:23.860 So we're kind of bending the brain away from 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:27.250 the dits and does. over to that area where a 00:12:27.250 --> 00:12:30.389 did -da -da -da is an F, right? It doesn't decode 00:12:30.389 --> 00:12:33.450 to an F, it is an F. I had a student one time 00:12:33.450 --> 00:12:36.370 ask a question, in class, he goes, what's a question 00:12:36.370 --> 00:12:38.230 mark? And before I could answer, another student 00:12:38.230 --> 00:12:41.789 said, it's a did -da -da -da, did it? And the 00:12:41.789 --> 00:12:43.830 student who answered said, it sounds like a question 00:12:43.830 --> 00:12:46.669 mark. I said, yes, yes, that's exactly right. 00:12:46.990 --> 00:12:49.529 It sounds like a question mark. Now, what we're 00:12:49.529 --> 00:12:52.409 going, our goal now is for every character to 00:12:52.409 --> 00:12:55.730 sound like itself. And so as you're copying is 00:12:55.730 --> 00:12:58.149 less about this and does and that's about the 00:12:58.149 --> 00:12:59.990 sound of the characters is just as if someone 00:12:59.990 --> 00:13:03.129 speaking letters to you. And i would make the 00:13:03.129 --> 00:13:06.529 analogy of of of learning a foreign language 00:13:06.529 --> 00:13:10.590 for you know i learned spanish. And so I would 00:13:10.590 --> 00:13:13.649 think, okay, I hear this word, this is what this 00:13:13.649 --> 00:13:16.570 word is in English, and now I associate that. 00:13:16.870 --> 00:13:20.210 And if you can skip that middle part, you're 00:13:20.210 --> 00:13:22.870 going to be much more fluent in that language. 00:13:23.009 --> 00:13:28.330 And CW is a language. You're trying to skip that 00:13:28.330 --> 00:13:32.289 part to where you know exactly what that is, 00:13:32.450 --> 00:13:35.470 not have to decode it and then figure out what 00:13:35.470 --> 00:13:38.039 that is. Right, that's an extra step, you're 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.779 right. We're trying to eliminate the steps between 00:13:40.779 --> 00:13:43.279 the code coming into your ears and you understanding 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:47.600 what that was. And what we're focusing on, Neil, 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:52.120 is to copy words from the beginning to the end. 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:56.279 That may sound kind of sort of intuitive, but 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.779 oftentimes we'll hear, as we're copying the code, 00:13:58.820 --> 00:14:00.779 we get to the end and we go, okay, I know that 00:14:00.779 --> 00:14:03.700 word ended in an E and there was an S in there 00:14:03.700 --> 00:14:07.740 somewhere. I copied every character, but I don't 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:11.480 have any idea what it said. So instead, if you 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:14.320 hear H and you think, okay, it starts with an 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:19.200 H, O, okay, that's U, this could be house or 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:23.620 Houston or something, S, okay, E, and then the 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:26.580 word stops. At that split second, you have now 00:14:26.580 --> 00:14:29.200 copied that word because you have to have copied 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:31.940 that word at the end immediately because guess 00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:34.629 what's about to happen? The next word is coming 00:14:34.629 --> 00:14:36.769 right after. So you can't wait until the end 00:14:36.769 --> 00:14:38.950 to try to look back and put the pieces together. 00:14:39.090 --> 00:14:41.490 It's too late. So that's really what we're focusing 00:14:41.490 --> 00:14:45.090 on. We don't have Pat Sajak around to get us 00:14:45.090 --> 00:14:47.570 a deal of fortune and figure out the letters, 00:14:47.590 --> 00:14:51.169 right? That's a little slow. Yeah, yeah, that's 00:14:51.169 --> 00:14:56.409 a little slow. Well, We'll get into the depth 00:14:56.409 --> 00:14:59.649 of this a little bit more, but if this sounds 00:14:59.649 --> 00:15:03.669 interesting to someone, how do they sign up and 00:15:03.669 --> 00:15:18.210 how do they attend this course? It's not dot 00:15:18.210 --> 00:15:21.129 com, it's dot net. Or you can just use my website, 00:15:21.250 --> 00:15:26.850 dot com, W4YES, my call sign, W4YES .com. We'll 00:15:26.850 --> 00:15:29.610 redirect you to the website. There's an application 00:15:29.610 --> 00:15:31.990 form there. You fill out the application form 00:15:31.990 --> 00:15:34.590 and we automatically get the results for the 00:15:34.590 --> 00:15:37.269 application form. You'll get a verification that 00:15:37.269 --> 00:15:43.029 it was received. What we do is we actually interview 00:15:43.029 --> 00:15:48.250 people for their readiness for the course. and 00:15:48.250 --> 00:15:51.110 it has worked out well because there's some who 00:15:51.110 --> 00:15:53.289 are ready and some who might not be, but maybe 00:15:53.289 --> 00:15:55.269 they're not quite ready yet and we can give them 00:15:55.269 --> 00:15:58.049 ideas about how to prepare for the next time 00:15:58.049 --> 00:16:02.009 around to get to be accepted. So that's the process, 00:16:02.110 --> 00:16:06.190 the website, cwinnovations .net, sign up on the 00:16:06.190 --> 00:16:09.809 application form and we'll take it from there. 00:16:10.610 --> 00:16:13.340 And as we said at the beginning, it is... Free 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:16.399 of charge, so the price is right on that one. 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:22.340 It's free. So why are you doing this? Why do 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:27.320 this and not just copy some bulletins or something? 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:31.659 Well, okay. This is going to sound a really weird 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:35.379 deal. We don't copy or send code in the class. 00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:39.320 Okay, let's have that kind of sink in for a second. 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:44.179 That has to kind of sink in for a second. We 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:48.340 don't copy or send code in the classroom. And 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:51.259 as odd as that might sound, think about a standard 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:54.779 classroom slash homework, other kinds of classes. 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:58.440 You learn the subject in the classroom and you 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.059 do your homework on your own. So the students 00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:03.220 are expected to do their training and their on 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:08.250 -air exercises themselves. Because everyone learns 00:17:08.250 --> 00:17:12.509 a bit differently, and we want to have a closed 00:17:12.509 --> 00:17:16.529 group that is a, we lock arms. The whole understanding 00:17:16.529 --> 00:17:19.309 behind this group is we are not going to criticize, 00:17:19.509 --> 00:17:22.390 there's no judgment, this is a comfortable, safe 00:17:22.390 --> 00:17:24.990 place for us to be. If you're having struggles, 00:17:25.170 --> 00:17:27.450 we want you to speak up. If you're having victories, 00:17:27.529 --> 00:17:31.430 we will applaud. This is a really fundamental 00:17:31.430 --> 00:17:34.430 piece of this. And what that does by not sending 00:17:34.430 --> 00:17:37.309 or copying code in the class is we can have people 00:17:37.309 --> 00:17:39.390 that are at 12 words a minute, we can have people 00:17:39.390 --> 00:17:43.190 at 15, we can have people at 20, because it's 00:17:43.190 --> 00:17:46.210 all the same set of tools to get from one point 00:17:46.210 --> 00:17:52.430 to the next. There is no variety of... Once you 00:17:52.430 --> 00:17:55.670 have this bag of tricks, this bag of tools, then 00:17:55.670 --> 00:17:58.819 you don't really need... Ain't another class 00:17:58.819 --> 00:18:01.220 to get faster. You have all the tools you need. 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:07.279 So it opens this group up to the ubiquitous tent 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:09.339 that says, it doesn't matter where you are or 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:11.900 what your goals are. We're not going to get in 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:13.980 there and start sending and copying code because 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:16.700 I've been in that situation. I was usually the 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:19.259 caboose. Okay. And I know what that feels like 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:21.720 to be the, you know, the one that says, well, 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:24.400 everybody else copied that, but I didn't. And 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:27.140 that's not a fun place to be. We're not exposing 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:30.200 anyone to that. And we don't really need to, 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:34.319 because this is not where we practice. Imagine 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:36.579 going into a calculus class, for instance, and 00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:38.420 the professor says, we're going to do the problems 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:40.299 at the back of the chapter during the classroom. 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:43.299 Like, well, wait a minute, when do I learn the 00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:46.519 subject? When do you teach me how to learn this? 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:50.160 Well, that's what we are doing. And so far it 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:53.480 has worked out very well. And everyone has the 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.460 ability to find the best way that they learn 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:59.180 on their own. They come back into the group, 00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:01.079 they describe maybe some struggles, they get 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:03.019 some ideas from other people in their class, 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:05.460 and we just lock arms and come alongside each 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:09.872 other and share our experience. And it is a tremendous... 00:19:09.869 --> 00:19:13.690 tremendous camaraderie experience that we share. 00:19:14.250 --> 00:19:16.029 And what comes out the other side is usually 00:19:16.029 --> 00:19:19.009 a lot of really good friends that have experienced 00:19:19.009 --> 00:19:22.829 something unique. Well, speaking of friends, 00:19:23.569 --> 00:19:28.430 we have Terry Beard, K04WFP, also with us tonight. 00:19:29.410 --> 00:19:32.289 And Terry, you were the guinea pig. You were 00:19:32.289 --> 00:19:36.299 one of the first ones to go through this. So 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:43.420 tell us what you experienced in CICR. The CICR 00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:46.339 class is a wonderful experience. In fact, we 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:51.220 were talking about Karen. Karen, Katie2GUT is 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:53.420 my code buddy, and I've gotten to know her very 00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:57.160 well through the class. I started the class at 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:00.019 about 10 to 12 words per minute, and I would 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:02.920 agree with things I've heard of. The people I 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:05.700 was kind of stuck at that speed. And this class 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:08.960 enabled me to go to 15 to 17. That's about where 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:12.099 I'm hovering right now. I began doing head copy 00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:15.160 through this class. And I actually had copy here 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.799 and there on the air when there. And as Glenn 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:21.980 said, I don't need any more CW classes. I don't 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:24.859 go to any more sending classes. I have all the 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:27.519 tools I need to take myself to the next step. 00:20:27.690 --> 00:20:31.049 And the camaraderie, I would say, as well, the 00:20:31.049 --> 00:20:33.529 friendships that I have formed. In fact, there 00:20:33.529 --> 00:20:35.869 are six or seven of us who believe in this so 00:20:35.869 --> 00:20:38.329 much that we've actually signed on to continue 00:20:38.329 --> 00:20:41.630 to help be facilitators, to help team members, 00:20:41.990 --> 00:20:45.150 new students that are coming along. So it's a 00:20:45.150 --> 00:20:47.609 wonderful experience. And I encourage anyone 00:20:47.609 --> 00:20:51.369 who says. You know, I'd really like to do a little 00:20:51.369 --> 00:20:54.009 bit better in this. I'd like to excel at CW. 00:20:54.049 --> 00:20:56.170 I'd like to rag to, or I'd like to make whatever 00:20:56.170 --> 00:21:00.490 my goal is. Well, apply and see what the magic 00:21:00.490 --> 00:21:08.289 is all about. It's always practice. It comes 00:21:08.289 --> 00:21:12.269 down to practice and knowing how to practice. 00:21:12.569 --> 00:21:15.349 And that's what I think is really cool about 00:21:15.349 --> 00:21:20.559 this is It really digs down into knowing what 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:26.839 to go practice and then you go practice it. You've 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.079 said already that you're seeing instant results 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:35.279 with your code speed going up and I'm sure as 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:38.900 you practice more and work on that more that 00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:42.920 it will continue to go up. I'll jump in here 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:46.329 for just a second, Neil. One of the things that 00:21:46.329 --> 00:21:49.529 I'm undertaking is I'm actually pursuing the 00:21:49.529 --> 00:21:53.269 Marathon Award for SKCC, the Strait Key Century 00:21:53.269 --> 00:21:56.750 Club. And that's a huge undertaking for those 00:21:56.750 --> 00:21:58.990 who are not familiar with the Strait Key Century 00:21:58.990 --> 00:22:01.750 Club. They have what's called the Marathon Award. 00:22:01.829 --> 00:22:07.710 It is 100 QSOs, each with a unique op. And each 00:22:07.710 --> 00:22:09.690 of those has to be at least 60 minutes of code. 00:22:10.289 --> 00:22:12.730 And I know there's people who go, oh my word, 00:22:12.730 --> 00:22:16.420 you would do that. It's an amazing journey, and 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:20.099 this class enabled me to do that. My first marathon 00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:22.480 was with another class member, and that was back 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:25.960 in October when the class started. And over time, 00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:29.660 as I gained in ICER, I gained in proficiency, 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:33.619 my ability to do the marathons has definitely 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:38.150 progressed. It's just a wonderful class, and 00:22:38.150 --> 00:22:40.529 it's given me the tools to be able to accomplish 00:22:40.529 --> 00:22:43.289 the goals that I want. And I'm not sure I would 00:22:43.289 --> 00:22:45.789 be as far along with the marathons if I had not 00:22:45.789 --> 00:22:50.910 taken this course. I'm up to 58 now. I'm a little 00:22:50.910 --> 00:22:55.150 over halfway at this point. Good job. Good job. 00:22:55.430 --> 00:22:56.890 By the way, real quick, Neil, we've had two speakers. 00:22:56.890 --> 00:23:00.599 It works well, Glenn. Well, thank you. We've 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:03.519 had two people already in the class who have 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:05.900 achieved the marathon award, the SKCC marathon 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:11.099 award while they were taking the class. That 00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:13.559 hopefully says something and we just have fun. 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:18.420 The main ingredient in all of this is to have 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:21.329 fun. And if you're not having fun, then why are 00:23:21.329 --> 00:23:24.750 you here, right? So we do yuck it up, we laugh, 00:23:24.789 --> 00:23:27.950 but it turns into a lot of good friends that 00:23:27.950 --> 00:23:31.529 are just... First of all, laugh at yourself, 00:23:31.970 --> 00:23:33.869 right? When you get it wrong, laugh at yourself 00:23:33.869 --> 00:23:37.289 and then laugh with others and just have a good 00:23:37.289 --> 00:23:39.609 time. And we're not going to do this, we're not 00:23:39.609 --> 00:23:43.630 going to have fun because that is the main ingredient. 00:23:45.349 --> 00:23:50.380 Yep. That's a great way to... to inspire more 00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:54.299 learning is to have fun with it. And that's a 00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:57.720 great, great idea. You said something about practice 00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:01.759 real quick. Just real quick. I had an instructor 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:04.380 on a completely different course. It wasn't even 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:06.619 a CW course. But I remember saying the words, 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.799 practice makes perfect, right? And the instructor 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:11.920 said, no, perfect practice makes perfect. And 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:14.819 what he was really saying was, you can practice 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:18.430 wrong and never get where you want to go. But 00:24:18.430 --> 00:24:20.990 let me show you how to do this well and practice 00:24:20.990 --> 00:24:23.309 the correct way and you'll really achieve your 00:24:23.309 --> 00:24:25.369 goals. And so that's really an important piece 00:24:25.369 --> 00:24:30.609 of this. Absolutely. Couldn't say it better myself. 00:24:31.930 --> 00:24:34.009 Well, we're going to take a break right now and 00:24:34.009 --> 00:24:36.430 when we come back with Glenn and Terry, we're 00:24:36.430 --> 00:24:39.970 going to dig in a little bit more into the depths 00:24:39.970 --> 00:24:45.990 of the CICR course. and we'll learn more about 00:24:45.990 --> 00:24:48.789 it right after this word from tower electronics 00:24:48.789 --> 00:24:55.849 right here on ham talk live jerry what's up man 00:24:55.849 --> 00:24:58.970 i haven't seen you at sunbucks in a while i used 00:24:58.970 --> 00:25:01.210 to see you every morning getting coffee what's 00:25:01.210 --> 00:25:05.170 up well i can't afford sunbucks five days a week 00:25:05.170 --> 00:25:09.410 anymore i had to spend my money on pl 259s you 00:25:09.410 --> 00:25:11.450 know those antenna projects i've been meaning 00:25:11.450 --> 00:25:15.059 to do I had to do them before my HOA finds out 00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:18.539 I have antennas. That's too bad, Jerry. I miss 00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:21.440 seeing you and catching up over coffee. You should 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:24.880 get your PL259s from Tower Electronics. They 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:33.079 have great stuff. Jerry, you're back. Oh, QRM 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:35.799 Heterodyne Frappuccino. That's a good choice. 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:38.480 How's it going? Did you get all those antennas 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:42.359 up before the HOA police showed up? Yeah, I got 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:45.039 them all done. Thanks for telling me about Tower 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.299 Electronics. Now I can have my coffee. I just 00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:51.440 saved a bunch of money on my PL259s by switching 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:54.359 to Tower Electronics. Don't get caught without 00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:58.539 PL259s. 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Be sure to check us out 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:09.630 on Facebook... Twitter and Instagram will post 00:27:09.630 --> 00:27:12.529 some stuff there from time to time Let you know 00:27:12.529 --> 00:27:16.170 about new show episodes, but right now it is 00:27:16.170 --> 00:27:20.210 time for the ham talk life Ham Radio Joke of 00:27:20.210 --> 00:27:24.210 the Week with In 9 GSU. Now it's time for the 00:27:24.210 --> 00:27:27.470 Ham Talk Live Ham Radio Joke of the Week, the 00:27:27.470 --> 00:27:30.230 part of the show where Rick tells us a ham radio 00:27:30.230 --> 00:27:33.130 joke. The Ham Talk Live Ham Radio Joke of the 00:27:33.130 --> 00:27:36.869 Week is brought to you by QRM Labs. Now here's 00:27:36.869 --> 00:27:41.150 Rick Garrett in 9 GSU with today's Ham Talk Live 00:27:41.150 --> 00:27:48.559 Joke of the Week. My buddy and I were coming 00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:50.940 back from a parks on the air activation. It was 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:53.380 late at night. We were exhausted and needed some 00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:56.059 caffeine So we stopped by a 24 -hour minimart 00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:58.599 to get some coffee and just as we pulled up they 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:00.859 were locking the doors I said the sign on the 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:03.559 door says open 24 hours and the clerk said yeah, 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:07.480 but it doesn't say in a row This has been the 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:10.559 ham talk live ham radio joke of the week with 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:14.279 Rick Garrett in nine GSU Tune in again next week 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:20.950 for another joke from Rick And we're back here 00:28:20.950 --> 00:28:26.589 with Glenn Norman W4YES and Terry Beard KO4WFP 00:28:26.589 --> 00:28:31.829 We're talking about the CICR course the comprehensive 00:28:31.829 --> 00:28:36.910 instant character recognition course for CW and 00:28:36.910 --> 00:28:41.589 it's for CW operators to improve speed and efficiency 00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:46.359 uh... once you have learned the actual characters 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:48.579 and so we're going to talk a little bit more 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:51.460 about some of the components of the class so 00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:53.900 glenn tell us a little more about the different 00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:58.980 parts of this class what makes it CICR okay thank 00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:02.980 you Neil first of all Well, having gone through 00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:08.720 this before in the opposite direction, I found 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:12.220 a propensity oftentimes of someone jumping ahead 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:14.259 and thinking, oh, I don't need the character 00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:16.779 recognition sorts of things. I know the characters 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:20.240 and they sort of just leap over that piece. So 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:23.460 I've modularized the class. So there's nine modules. 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:28.029 When you begin the class, you are allowed You 00:29:28.029 --> 00:29:30.569 have the privilege of seeing Module 1, and then 00:29:30.569 --> 00:29:33.009 when you progress we go to Module 2 as a group, 00:29:33.490 --> 00:29:37.009 then Module 3. In other words, we focus on pieces 00:29:37.009 --> 00:29:39.710 of this. You don't have access to the material 00:29:39.710 --> 00:29:42.410 afterwards. So this is the modularization and 00:29:42.410 --> 00:29:46.450 the reason why it's done that way. To give you 00:29:46.450 --> 00:29:48.690 some idea, the modules are composed of things 00:29:48.690 --> 00:29:50.809 like what I call thought sending or head sending, 00:29:51.029 --> 00:29:53.589 which means you're not looking at a piece of 00:29:53.589 --> 00:29:55.509 paper or sending what's on that paper, but you're 00:29:55.509 --> 00:29:58.009 really thinking about what you're sending. Close 00:29:58.009 --> 00:30:00.250 your eyes and just have a conversation with yourself, 00:30:00.390 --> 00:30:02.769 sort of like a rag chew. By the way, we're not 00:30:02.769 --> 00:30:04.509 looking to make rag chewers out of everyone. 00:30:05.190 --> 00:30:07.910 The idea behind this is when we get to module 00:30:07.910 --> 00:30:10.289 three, for instance, is the instant character 00:30:10.289 --> 00:30:13.410 recognition component. And this is the hub of 00:30:13.410 --> 00:30:15.890 the wheel. Everything, this is like pouring the 00:30:15.890 --> 00:30:18.670 foundation of the house. This is what everything 00:30:18.670 --> 00:30:22.190 rests upon, is the instant character recognition 00:30:22.190 --> 00:30:24.990 piece. And you think about spoken letters, for 00:30:24.990 --> 00:30:28.529 instance, like the letter W. If I say W, you 00:30:28.529 --> 00:30:30.190 don't really think about all the things that 00:30:30.190 --> 00:30:33.029 I just did with my vocal cords, tongue, teeth 00:30:33.029 --> 00:30:37.269 and lips. You just see a W in your mind. And 00:30:37.269 --> 00:30:39.710 so every character in Morse code, of course, 00:30:39.789 --> 00:30:43.130 is made up of Dits and Dots, but like the spoken 00:30:43.130 --> 00:30:45.390 letter, we tend to hear it as a single sound. 00:30:45.470 --> 00:30:48.630 So that's what we focus on on that particular 00:30:48.630 --> 00:30:56.220 module. Mistakes is a big piece of this. As odd 00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:58.779 as it sounds, we want people to make mistakes. 00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:01.500 The brain is focused on getting everything right, 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:03.559 and oftentimes if we don't get everything right, 00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:06.240 we dial it back, we slow it down, we grip that 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:08.259 pencil a little tighter, and we just really do 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:11.140 whatever it takes to copy what comes in, because 00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:14.319 making a mistake is just unforgivable. but it's 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:16.720 when the mind makes a mistake that it changes, 00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:20.079 that it learns. And so we actually ask people 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:25.579 to, once you get to about a 70%, 65 % -ish copy 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:29.579 rate, that's a good spot to stay, at least for 00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:31.619 right now, because we need you to make these 00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:34.599 mistakes. We need you to get things wrong. And 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:37.519 that is a really difficult thing, oftentimes, 00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:39.000 for people to kind of get their head wrapped 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:42.250 around because we've all been so ... focus on 00:31:42.250 --> 00:31:44.089 getting everything right. And getting everything 00:31:44.089 --> 00:31:47.509 right is not a bad thing, of course, but there 00:31:47.509 --> 00:31:50.829 is sort of a mind shift that happens that gets 00:31:50.829 --> 00:31:53.210 from a fixed mindset to what we call a growth 00:31:53.210 --> 00:31:58.109 mindset. The fixed mindset says, I can't do that. 00:31:58.650 --> 00:32:01.750 Our growth mindset says, I can't do that yet. 00:32:02.890 --> 00:32:05.369 And the yet is such an important piece of this. 00:32:06.069 --> 00:32:08.990 Speaking of getting things wrong is what we call 00:32:08.990 --> 00:32:12.619 missing fast. So we all, as we copy the code, 00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:15.640 we miss things, right? But we all know what it 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:18.720 feels like when we miss, and you hear a da -da 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:21.119 -da -da, and you go J, you're thinking J, or 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:23.940 maybe that was a one. All these characters are 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:25.599 coming after, and you're still stuck back there 00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:27.440 going, no, that was a J, no, that was a one, 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:30.759 which was that? Well, of course, you may have 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.900 succeeded in finally figuring out what that one 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:35.180 character is, but you have lost everything after 00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:38.220 that. So we really focus on a skill called missing 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:41.440 fast. And that means if it doesn't snap in your 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:43.200 head, you throw it over your shoulder, you have 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:45.539 no rear view mirror, you keep looking forward 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:48.849 to what's coming next. And that's a really big 00:32:48.849 --> 00:32:50.390 piece of it. The other thing is like we talked 00:32:50.390 --> 00:32:52.369 about word building from the beginning to the 00:32:52.369 --> 00:32:54.829 end. That is a huge piece of what we're doing 00:32:54.829 --> 00:33:01.250 because if you can't create those words or call 00:33:01.250 --> 00:33:03.529 signs as they come in, trying to look back and 00:33:03.529 --> 00:33:05.309 trying to figure those out, you just simply don't 00:33:05.309 --> 00:33:08.509 have time. So those are some of the fundamental 00:33:08.509 --> 00:33:11.650 pieces of modules we get from that stage to words, 00:33:11.750 --> 00:33:15.180 to phrases, to... stories, that sort of thing. 00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:19.559 I try to make a ramp out of it instead of a stepping 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.299 stone because if you think if you're traveling 00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:23.079 on a stepping stone, you're going to get a bloody 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:25.740 nose when you run into that next step and we're 00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:28.180 trying to make sort of a ramp out of it and make 00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:31.740 the transition as smooth as possible. By the 00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:33.380 way, it's a 10 -week program. Didn't mention 00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:37.319 that. We meet twice a week in the evening. Generally, 00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:39.640 but we have a class coming up starting on the 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:42.200 24th of this month of April that is going to 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.619 meet in the early afternoon So it's actually 00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:47.779 going to cater to the European crowd We have 00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:49.779 someone in the UK and someone in Italy who's 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:51.420 going to be part of the class and we also have 00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:53.359 someone in Colombia in Bogota That's going to 00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:55.140 be joining the next class. So this is turning 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:57.619 into something besides just here in the States 00:33:57.619 --> 00:34:01.599 So that's that's how the class sequences through 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:05.759 is through the modules Now another important 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:11.440 component of this is the code buddy So you want 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:14.940 to say a few words? Yeah The first go -around 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:17.800 when Terry was in the class we encouraged code 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:20.239 buddies the code buddy meaning you're going to 00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:23.760 be on the air so find someone who you can schedule 00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:27.079 a couple at least a couple of times a week and 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:29.539 I have sort of some accountability that says 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:32.349 I'm going to meet this person that this time 00:34:32.349 --> 00:34:34.750 and this is going to be something regular because 00:34:34.750 --> 00:34:37.989 a regular presence on the air is a very, very 00:34:37.989 --> 00:34:40.329 important piece of this is to take what you've 00:34:40.329 --> 00:34:44.449 learned and to apply that on air. And so it was 00:34:44.449 --> 00:34:47.369 such success between Terry and her code buddy 00:34:47.369 --> 00:34:49.429 that we decided the next go around, let's just 00:34:49.429 --> 00:34:52.409 say this is what we need you to do is to have 00:34:52.409 --> 00:34:54.949 a code buddy. And so it has worked out well and 00:34:54.949 --> 00:34:58.010 I'll let Terry kind of speak to her experience 00:34:58.010 --> 00:35:01.219 with that please, Terry. Companies are important 00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:05.219 because why do we get on the air? We get on the 00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:07.739 air because we're talking to somebody else, right? 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:10.260 And relationships are what get us on the air 00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:12.340 and relationships are what keep us on the air. 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:15.219 At least that is for me. I enjoy all the different 00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:17.619 ops that I get a chance to meet and converse 00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:20.699 with and learn from. So a code buddy is a safe 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:22.860 place, just like we talked in the class. The 00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:26.280 class is closed so that we can share our successes, 00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:28.460 but we can also talk about our struggles and 00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:30.539 our difficulties and help each other out and 00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:34.010 realize, oh, yeah. I'm normal. Okay, somebody 00:35:34.010 --> 00:35:36.289 else has that problem, just like I do, and help 00:35:36.289 --> 00:35:38.570 us talk this off the ledge and get through it. 00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:42.210 And a code buddy is a part of that safety net, 00:35:42.409 --> 00:35:45.690 somebody that you can work through. And I am 00:35:45.690 --> 00:35:47.730 so blessed to have met Karen. She has been a 00:35:47.730 --> 00:35:50.730 wonderful code buddy. We started about the same 00:35:50.730 --> 00:35:52.389 speed, just like Glenn said, you want someone 00:35:52.389 --> 00:35:54.570 who's about the same speed as you. And we're 00:35:54.570 --> 00:35:57.150 about 10 to 12 words per minute. And over the 00:35:57.150 --> 00:36:00.980 course of the class, Now we're about 15 to 17, 00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:04.440 we're evenly matched. And it was Karen who actually 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:06.880 was the first to suggest head copy between the 00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:09.619 two of us. And I thought, oh my God, head copy, 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.579 really? Am I ready for this? This was probably 00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:13.380 about halfway through the course. We hadn't even 00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:15.920 reached the head copy module. And I was like... 00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:18.500 OK, well, she's going to do it. I got to do it, 00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:21.739 too. And we did it. And it was so exciting. It 00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:24.440 was like, oh, my God, I actually had copy. This 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:27.599 is so amazing. And so a code buddy is somebody 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:32.039 who can help you, push you to achieve new things. 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:34.719 But there are also been times that she and I 00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:38.099 are like, oh, I forgot it. I can't do this anymore. 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:40.360 I've lost the code. I mean, forget it. And the 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:42.000 other person says, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:43.920 no, no. You're just having a bad day. It's OK. 00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:46.960 Talk you off the ledge. Let's get back on again. 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:50.079 So a code buddy is a wonderful thing to have, 00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:53.480 and I agree with Glenn. It needs to be a part 00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:56.639 of this class. We have a new class that's going 00:36:56.639 --> 00:37:00.860 on right now, 11 guys, and it's been interesting 00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:03.500 to watch them work out their code buddies, and 00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:06.000 they talk about, you know, QSOs that they've 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:09.639 had. So it's a wonderful opportunity to form 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:12.460 a relationship with somebody that can help you 00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:15.219 achieve your goals and also be a safety net in 00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:20.079 the process. And knowing Karen, as I do, you 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:22.880 also learn a lot about horses, squirrels, and 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:28.099 prairie dogs. That is true. There was also a 00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:30.840 lizard somewhere in there, I think. Oh, yes. 00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:33.980 Oh, my goodness. Oh, there is. I have to tell 00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:36.519 that quick story. So in the class, I'm glad Glenn 00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:39.699 reminded me about that. This was early on in 00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:41.599 the journey. I think we were only a couple weeks. 00:37:41.949 --> 00:37:45.610 the class and we had done some ICR and it was 00:37:45.610 --> 00:37:48.769 cold outside and my husband actually had was 00:37:48.769 --> 00:37:50.469 starting up the wood stove from the beginning 00:37:50.469 --> 00:37:53.610 of the season and he found a lizard in there. 00:37:53.769 --> 00:37:55.590 I don't know why a lizard was living in the wood 00:37:55.590 --> 00:37:58.690 stove but he was and so he came in and told me 00:37:58.690 --> 00:38:00.590 and Karen and I were having our code buddy and 00:38:00.590 --> 00:38:03.570 I cue so and so I sent the word lizard and at 00:38:03.570 --> 00:38:08.690 first she was like what there's a lizard in the 00:38:08.690 --> 00:38:13.119 wood stove. And then afterwards, when we talked 00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:17.000 about it, she was like, I copied the word lizard, 00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:19.880 you know, I mean, I actually got it. And so it 00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:22.380 became a standing joke in the class about lizards. 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:24.320 But yeah, you just never know what's going to 00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:26.969 come up in your code buddy conversations. In 00:38:26.969 --> 00:38:28.989 fact, Karen was convinced that she had copied 00:38:28.989 --> 00:38:30.869 it wrong. She said, I could not have copied the 00:38:30.869 --> 00:38:32.610 word lizard because she would not have sent the 00:38:32.610 --> 00:38:35.449 word lizard. But once she found out that she 00:38:35.449 --> 00:38:37.630 has, she was so excited, right? I mean, it's 00:38:37.630 --> 00:38:39.710 a six letter word. And to think that we just 00:38:39.710 --> 00:38:42.469 started head copying and I copied the word lizard. 00:38:42.510 --> 00:38:45.030 And it's very encouraging to just come across 00:38:45.030 --> 00:38:48.329 those moments like that. So this wasn't a repeat 00:38:48.329 --> 00:38:52.400 of the the WKRP in Cincinnati show where the 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:55.480 bee was out on the teletype, and so they were 00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:58.619 talking about the monster lizard that was hitting 00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:04.940 Cincinnati. It was really the blizzard. It's 00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:06.980 fun too, right? And a code buddy, by the way, 00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.900 needs to be someone kind of... I remember someone 00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:11.480 saying one time, he said, yeah, I have a code 00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:14.460 buddy, but he's like at 40 words per minute, 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.539 and I'm afraid I'll embarrass myself. And I said, 00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:18.119 well, then that person's not your code buddy. 00:39:18.869 --> 00:39:20.869 Your code buddy is someone that you can feel 00:39:20.869 --> 00:39:23.730 safe with and you can make mistakes and not feel 00:39:23.730 --> 00:39:25.409 like, oh, what are they going to think of me 00:39:25.409 --> 00:39:27.210 and that sort of thing. It just needs to be a 00:39:27.210 --> 00:39:31.329 safe person too. Like Terry said, there will 00:39:31.329 --> 00:39:33.210 be days when the code is just not clicking in 00:39:33.210 --> 00:39:35.190 your brain and the other person that's just kind 00:39:35.190 --> 00:39:37.230 of encouraged them is like, we'll just set it 00:39:37.230 --> 00:39:39.110 down for right now and you'll be okay tomorrow. 00:39:39.889 --> 00:39:42.860 Just take it easy. And you can ask for repeats. 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:45.079 That's another thing. You know, I think as a 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:48.940 newer op, I was always scared to say a question 00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.659 mark. Like I didn't, like, oh, I'm admitting 00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:53.420 I didn't get something. I made a mistake. And 00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:55.320 you do that with your code buddy. I've had times 00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:57.460 where I didn't get something either because of 00:39:57.460 --> 00:40:00.579 QSB or my brain just wasn't working. And I've 00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:02.880 asked her like three times. And by the third 00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:05.059 time I got it, but your code buddy doesn't care. 00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:07.039 It's like, that's okay. They're not judging you. 00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:09.539 They're helping you try to achieve what you want 00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:15.940 to achieve. Always important to have those relationships. 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:19.880 When you have that and you're working together, 00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:22.300 you challenge each other and learn from each 00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:25.840 other. Go ahead, Glenn. It's just a magical thing 00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:29.500 to watch these kinds of things happen. It's not 00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:34.300 something that I could ever orchestrate. It happens 00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:38.079 because the people want to improve. We just try 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:40.559 to hand them the tools and say, You know, if 00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:45.920 we're here, you can contact us anytime. And like 00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:49.500 Terry said, the amazing part was after the pilot 00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:52.820 class, at the end of one of the, toward the end 00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:55.800 of the course, I asked anyone and said, hey, 00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:58.400 we're going to be carrying this on to another 00:40:58.400 --> 00:41:01.219 version. And so anyone who'd like to join us 00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:05.260 in that effort, welcome to stick around after 00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:08.840 this class is finished. And so some people dropped 00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:12.579 off and Some people didn't and I was waiting 00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:14.920 for more to drop off and I finally just paused 00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:17.659 and said really There's six of you who want to 00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:21.179 join us going forward and they were like, yes 00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:24.519 Six out of ten six out of ten and by the way, 00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:27.679 we didn't have any dropouts so far We had any 00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:31.739 dropouts but but that was a huge piece that Informed 00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:34.239 me that that we're really doing something that 00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:37.150 people are enjoying This isn't something that 00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:39.909 they dread having to go through, that they really 00:41:39.909 --> 00:41:41.849 are enjoying this process. And like you say, 00:41:41.869 --> 00:41:44.489 when it's fun, that's when the learning really, 00:41:44.489 --> 00:41:47.570 really happens. And that was very encouraging. 00:41:47.650 --> 00:41:49.969 So we have several people working with us now 00:41:49.969 --> 00:41:52.389 on the coaching side that have experienced this. 00:41:52.969 --> 00:41:55.630 I learned the code when I was a teenager. I cannot 00:41:55.630 --> 00:41:58.489 experience what Terry is talking about, no matter 00:41:58.489 --> 00:42:01.909 how hard I try. But what I can do is I can listen 00:42:01.909 --> 00:42:04.909 to Terry and the others and learn from them. 00:42:05.050 --> 00:42:07.030 So I always tell them, I'm learning more than 00:42:07.030 --> 00:42:11.110 you are from me. And that's all I do is just 00:42:11.110 --> 00:42:13.630 listen and try to formulate what we do based 00:42:13.630 --> 00:42:15.630 on the feedback that we get. Because the feedback 00:42:15.630 --> 00:42:18.789 is everything as far as what we do and how we 00:42:18.789 --> 00:42:23.269 do it. It's their experience, not mine. Very 00:42:23.269 --> 00:42:27.789 good. Very good. Well, we need to finish things 00:42:27.789 --> 00:42:32.510 up here. So Glenn, Terry, anything else that 00:42:32.510 --> 00:42:35.179 you've thought of that we need to just... speak 00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:40.900 about with the CRCR before we adjourn here. We're 00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:44.639 just having fun, Neil. We're just having a good 00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:50.099 time. cwinnovations .net. Come sign up and we'll 00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:56.940 talk and join the fun. And I really appreciate 00:42:56.940 --> 00:43:00.599 Terry joining me tonight on this because one 00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:02.800 of the reasons I asked her to join us was for 00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:06.099 that reason I just said I cannot describe the 00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:13.500 experience of what Terry can describe. Terry, 00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:19.219 any final words? See what you want to accomplish 00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:22.710 and come join us. and be ready for, as Glen said, 00:43:23.130 --> 00:43:26.570 fun, but also being able to have the tools to 00:43:26.570 --> 00:43:30.530 achieve whatever you want and know that what 00:43:30.530 --> 00:43:33.070 you own your success, the effort that you put 00:43:33.070 --> 00:43:35.170 in is what you're going to get out. If you put 00:43:35.170 --> 00:43:38.110 in the time and you put in the effort and you 00:43:38.110 --> 00:43:40.869 trust the methodology, you will have success 00:43:40.869 --> 00:43:46.710 with this method. Neil, as we don't have set 00:43:46.710 --> 00:43:50.250 semesters, we are going to, we have the capacity 00:43:50.250 --> 00:43:54.429 to lead classes with people like Terry and as 00:43:54.429 --> 00:43:57.329 we get people who sign up and we formulate a 00:43:57.329 --> 00:44:00.730 group, we'll start a class. And so we're trying 00:44:00.730 --> 00:44:06.630 to kind of keep it flexible and not something 00:44:06.630 --> 00:44:11.369 that we have set. And if a certain semester doesn't 00:44:11.369 --> 00:44:13.389 work for somebody or class didn't work, then 00:44:13.389 --> 00:44:15.429 they can come in the next time perhaps and that 00:44:15.429 --> 00:44:19.170 sort of thing. So we're just sort of a ragtag 00:44:19.170 --> 00:44:23.989 team just having fun. So that's kind of it. Well, 00:44:24.190 --> 00:44:27.610 that's what it's all about. So thank you so much 00:44:27.610 --> 00:44:31.150 for doing this and taking the time to, you know, 00:44:31.269 --> 00:44:36.269 to put all the thought into the process. the 00:44:36.269 --> 00:44:41.929 learning process of getting this to be an automatic 00:44:41.929 --> 00:44:46.889 recognition, something that you're not translating 00:44:46.889 --> 00:44:51.570 in between and you're figuring out exactly what 00:44:51.570 --> 00:44:57.840 is there right away. If I have time, I will be 00:44:57.840 --> 00:45:02.219 signing up because it's been a long time since 00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:08.019 I have rag chewed on CW. I do work a few de -expeditions 00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:12.380 and that kind of thing on CW, but rag chew, yeah, 00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:16.079 that's been a long time away. What I like to 00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:19.300 say, Neil, is don't get proficient so you can 00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:22.579 get on the air. Get on the air so you can get 00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:25.880 proficient. Yeah. It really is that important 00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:29.059 to switch that around. You're welcome anytime, 00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:33.780 Neil. Well, thank you. Well, that's going to 00:45:33.780 --> 00:45:37.800 do it for this episode of HamTalk Live. Thanks 00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:42.000 to my guests, Glenn Norman, W4YES. and Terry 00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:46.440 Beard K04WFP and everybody out there in cyberspace 00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:49.340 for listening invite you back next time and we've 00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:52.239 got a lot of Dayton Hamvention episodes coming 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:56.460 up soon so make sure you tune in for those and 00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:59.860 we actually have several shows coming up here 00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:03.599 soon so you can check those out over at our website 00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:09.039 HamTalkLive .com So for now, this is Neil Rapp, 00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:14.579 WB9VPG, saying 7 -3, 7 -5, may the good DX be 00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:39.510 yours. You sound just like a local up here But 00:46:39.510 --> 00:46:43.429 why don't those whistling Mediterranean's check 00:46:43.429 --> 00:46:47.769 it when the records is clear? 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It's the Jammer Generator. 00:53:44.630 --> 00:53:47.769 Jammer Generator is an app for both iPhone and 00:53:47.769 --> 00:53:51.250 Android that has all you need to illegally transmit 00:53:51.250 --> 00:53:55.170 over the top of anyone. Just hold the phone up 00:53:55.170 --> 00:53:58.250 to the mic and tap the sound you want. There's 00:53:58.250 --> 00:54:11.389 the famous number station generator. Some music, 00:54:11.630 --> 00:54:18.530 like one of Michael Jackson's songs. The Russian 00:54:18.530 --> 00:54:27.070 woodpecker. Just acting stupid. Hey, you're friggin' 00:54:27.429 --> 00:54:30.769 fine, Brian. Hey, you're fine, you psychopath. 00:54:31.769 --> 00:54:35.989 I'm just fine doing what I love to do. I ain't 00:54:35.989 --> 00:54:40.010 paying no fine. I take a poo on you. Tuning the 00:54:40.010 --> 00:54:51.969 rig with your mic. Or the classic tune -up tone. 00:54:55.429 --> 00:54:58.050 It's so good, you'll get your license taken away 00:54:58.050 --> 00:55:02.090 and find both sooner and more often. But wait, 00:55:02.190 --> 00:55:05.760 there's more! Order now and we'll add a quick 00:55:05.760 --> 00:55:08.639 tune button that will tune any radio within one 00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:12.960 square mile immediately to 7200 kilohertz. The 00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:16.039 Jammer Generator, available for just $49 .99 00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:19.159 from the App Store. And for technical support, 00:55:19.519 --> 00:55:26.400 call 985 -655 -2500. That's 985 -655 -2500. And 00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:30.360 don't forget to speak as loudly as you can! QRM 00:55:30.360 --> 00:55:32.659 Labs looks forward to hearing your complaints, 00:55:33.059 --> 00:55:35.559 but we probably won't hear a thing because there's 00:55:35.559 --> 00:55:39.480 too much noise on the line. The Jammer Generator. 00:55:39.719 --> 00:55:55.510 Download your copy today. So Willie Mays back 00:55:55.510 --> 00:55:58.190 again to help make your ham radio experience 00:55:58.190 --> 00:56:01.610 better. Maybe you have problems with your neighborhood 00:56:01.610 --> 00:56:05.050 homeowners association, or the wife just doesn't 00:56:05.050 --> 00:56:08.250 think a huge 40 meter beam looks great in the 00:56:08.250 --> 00:56:11.989 backyard. Well, HamTalk Systems has just what 00:56:11.989 --> 00:56:15.949 you need. It's the Invisitena. Invisitenna is 00:56:15.949 --> 00:56:19.329 a three -element yogi that is completely invisible. 00:56:19.710 --> 00:56:22.349 Just inflate the antenna, mount it, and you'll 00:56:22.349 --> 00:56:25.369 never see it again. Invisitenna is available 00:56:25.369 --> 00:56:29.309 for 40 meters or a tri -bander for 20, 15, and 00:56:29.309 --> 00:56:32.889 10. No one will ever know it's there. But wait, 00:56:33.050 --> 00:56:36.150 there's more. 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Hello, Willie Mays from QRM Labs, 00:59:25.780 --> 00:59:28.780 back again to make your life with Ham Radio better. 00:59:29.639 --> 00:59:32.739 Are you tired of putting together all those kits? 00:59:33.480 --> 00:59:36.300 Minutes of sorting out parts, dropping them on 00:59:36.300 --> 00:59:39.619 the floor, picking them up again, just to drop 00:59:39.619 --> 00:59:43.400 them on the floor again, and then all that soldering. 00:59:44.480 --> 00:59:49.059 Well, we have the kits for you. At QRM Labs, 00:59:49.500 --> 00:59:52.519 our new line of kits only come pre -assembled. 00:59:53.099 --> 00:59:56.480 No more putting them together. Build a tuner 00:59:56.480 --> 01:00:00.300 kit, a power supply kit, or even an HF radio 01:00:00.300 --> 01:00:03.559 kit that's pre -assembled. We put it together 01:00:03.559 --> 01:00:06.619 for you, and you save all the trouble of building 01:00:06.619 --> 01:00:10.099 it yourself. Don't believe it? Just listen to 01:00:10.099 --> 01:00:13.320 what one famed expert kit builder has to say. 01:00:13.530 --> 01:00:18.670 Hi, I'm Joe Eisenberg, kit building editor from 01:00:18.670 --> 01:00:22.429 CQ Magazine and frequent Hamfest speaker and 01:00:22.429 --> 01:00:25.369 kit building leader. These pre -assembled kits 01:00:25.369 --> 01:00:29.590 from QRM Labs have made kit building so easy. 01:00:29.789 --> 01:00:32.610 You can build a kit without all of the hassle 01:00:32.610 --> 01:00:35.710 of stuffing the board, soldering, and figuring 01:00:35.710 --> 01:00:39.429 out all those little tiny part numbers. When 01:00:39.429 --> 01:00:42.910 I do group kit builds, these pre -assembled QRM 01:00:42.889 --> 01:00:46.809 QRM Labs kits work so much better. It takes so 01:00:46.809 --> 01:00:49.670 much less time for everyone to build and keeps 01:00:49.670 --> 01:00:53.130 me from dealing with that guy. You know, the 01:00:53.130 --> 01:00:56.449 guy that brings a roll of thick acid core solder 01:00:56.449 --> 01:01:00.530 and a weller soldering gun. QRM Labs makes kit 01:01:00.530 --> 01:01:04.369 building a great experience. Just plug and pray. 01:01:04.730 --> 01:01:08.469 But wait, there's more. More. More. Order in 01:01:08.469 --> 01:01:11.409 the next 30 seconds and you can get two. Two. 01:01:11.409 --> 01:01:14.449 Two. pre -assembled kits for the price of one. 01:01:15.150 --> 01:01:19.809 To order your pre -assembled kit, call 760 -706 01:01:19.809 --> 01:01:30.150 -7425. That's 760 -706 -7425. Call now, 760 -706 01:01:30.150 --> 01:01:31.329 -7425.