Session Ø9, July 22 with Recording

New Characters introduced:

1     V Y


Comprehensive list of all characters introduced so far:

E T A O N R I S D K Q W H C V Y   Ø 1 5 8


New Prosigns, Abbreviations, and Q Signals:


VVV (attention) A series of V's are often transmitted either as an equipment test or to get everyone's attention just prior to a transmission, for example just prior to calling CQ for the first time.  They also act as a mini morse fist warm-up exercise.   When you are scanning the band, looking for potential target stations to contact, and you hear a series of V's being transmitted, that's a good place to wait to see if someone is about to start calling CQ.  If you can be the first to respond, you often don't have to struggle to break through a pileup.

VY (very)
SRI (sorry)
DN (down)


QRV (ready)
QRQ (send faster)
QRO (increase power)
QTC  (messages to relay)
QTR  (time)
QSY  (change frequency)



Comprehensive list of prosigns and abbreviations covered so far:


88 (hugs and kisses)

AA (All After)
AR (end of message)
AS (wait)
CQ (Calling anyone)
DN (down)
ES (and)
HI (Laughter) (never use more than 3 in a row)
K Invitation for any station to respond.
KN ('over' to specific station)
NR (Number)
SK (end of QSO)
SRI (sorry)
VVV  (attention)
VY (very)
Y (yes)


__ underline indicates prosign where characters are run together.



Comprehensive list of Q Signals so far:
QNI (Net Check-In Invitation.)
QRN (Static, or Natural Noise)
QRO (increase power)
QRQ (send faster)
QRS (Send Slower)
QRT (Closing Station.)
QRV (ready)
QSK (Break-in mode.)
QSO (A contact or a conversation)
QST ("Calling all Radio Amateurs")
QSY (change frequency)
QTC (messages to relay)
QTH (Location)
QTR (time)



Tonight's featured practice QSO was conducted between Adam NØCMT and Caleb KE0VVT.

As we discussed, we are ONLY 2 weeks into this course. Nobody should expect this type of practice QSO to be perfect. We are all learning.

These types of practice QSOs are helpful to students in multiple ways.

• Challenge the student to put to use what they have learned so far.
• Provide an opportunity for coaching from the instructor.
• Provide a challenge to the rest of the students to copy someone other than the instructor for a change. Copying the variations between the fist style of different humans is extremely important.  We want to make lots of contacts with lots of different people when we get on HF. Copying your fellow students helps the entire class tremendously.
• Expose the student to a small amount of pressure, but in a friendly and helpful way. It gives each of the two featured students an opportunity to face their fears in a safe and constructive environment. The best way to overcome "key fright" is to expose yourself to it in a low risk situation, and begin a pattern of small successes. With each successive chance to repeat the experience, the nervousness will decrease, experience will grow, mistakes will decrease, skill will increase, and all that will gradually build confidence. Remember, belief in your own ability to do something you've never done before is not confidence, It is arrogance. Real confidence is not something anyone is born with, but is built over time by repeatedly accomplishing the task. Knowing you have successfully done the task before and can do it again defines confidence. During this course, we want to gradually build your confidence in your newly acquired morse code abilities. Simulated QSOs like the one Adam and Caleb held tonight are one important method in this process.
• Everyone should put themselves in a mindset where they WANT to demonstrate their morse abilities for the class like Adam and Caleb did tonight.  Be eager to step forward! Volunteer! The sooner and the more often each of you simulates a contact in front of everyone, the better prepared you will become to get on the air, and the more quickly you will learn.

Below is the text that I copied during the featured qso between NØCMT es KEØVVT.

CQ CQ D NØCMT D K
KEØVVT KEØVVT
RR NØCMT DE KEOVVT UHR ST H ND KN
NCOT NCM T NCØCMT AA AA AA AA HR AA HR AA HR KN
NØCMT D KEØVVI T RST 5NN KN
E NCØMT KEØVVT RST HNN I RST RST 5NN RST HNN HW RU? KN
OK TNX FOR THE QSO M53 CR KCL
NCØCMT DE KEØVVT RRR FB FB FB B3 B3 CL


Congratulations to Adam NØCMT and Caleb KEØVVT. They did well considering this course is only 2 weeks old. I'm positive that they learned from this experience and will improve dramatically for their next attempt.

Listen to the recording to hear the coaching critique of their QSO, and how they can improve for their next time.

Scrabble List:

Nouns	Verbs	Other
radio	radiate	I
tower	rotate	and
rotor	rotator	the
rotator	receive	that
receiver	transmit	a
transceiver	transceive	to
shortwave	vertical	know
resistor	shortwave	yeah
code	code	it
whiskey	skywatcher	so
kitchen	whiskey	its
hickeys	kitchen	what
sandwich	years	on
wreck	which	or
skywatcher	are	not
we	see	with
he	eat	when
she	ate	thats
it	do	then
they	is	this
any	dont	kind
	did	oh
	does	one
	know	at
	was	there
	were	no
	had	now
	work	how
	have	as
	think	too
	can	into
	Ive	our
	even	and
		their
		thats
		those
		here
		other
		her
		where
		out
		very

Session Ø9, July 22 Recording

See everyone Wednesday night. 7pm


Mark,
NRØR