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CW Today Louis Szondy VK5EEE [email protected]

Welcome the 6th edition of CW the long characters, and the dah- generally profi cient and most Today. In the 3rd edition looked di-di-dah-dah-dah which means Russian amateurs on HF seem at some of the little known history of “switching to Japanese Morse”. To to quite good at CW. fun the interrupted carrier wave Morse switch back to International Morse and interesting award to chase code mode and why it would really the code di-di-di-dah-dit is sent. is the RDA Award – Russian be more accurate to call it the Gerke Thus one could say “good bye” Districts Award. This is akin to code. We have Friedrich Clemens in Japanese using International WAS (Worked All States) in USA Gerke to thank for creating a much Morse by sending SAYONARA or in only much more versatile, with a improved version of Japanese Morse as ---- huge number of districts available. which went on to become what we which is dah-di-dah-di-dah dah- “Oblasts” or administrative states know as the International Morse dah di-di-dah di-dah-dit di-di-dit are characterised by two letters, code. Yet there are many languages and before this dah-di-di-dah-dah- and followed by two digits which that use non-Latin alphabets and dah to signify that what follows is are a smaller sub division. A nice some of them also have their own Japanese, and after it di-di-di-dah- addition to the shack are amateur Morse code versions. A useful dit if International Morse follows maps available from Aliy resource at Wikipedia (1) shows again. The A1 CW Club page (2) Kuisokov UA6YW at kuisokov. – Greek, Cyrillic (Russian, Ukrainian), shows some Japanese words in the Map of Russia is Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Japanese, . It may be safer to in Cyrillic but is detailed and lists all Korean and Thai Morse code. only use “Sa Yo U Na Ra” at the end the Oblasts as well as call areas and Chinese could be sent as four-digit of the QSO though, as otherwise call sign codes for Russia. or three-letter codes. the other station may come back If you want to attract the with a lot of long Wabun which you attention of Russian CW OPs National Morse codes won’t be able to decode on the while chasing RDA, instead of Many of these Morse code spot. Most Japanese amateur radio calling CQ CQ CQ CALLSIGN languages are perhaps now CW operators don’t know Wabun CALLSIGN PSE K use the format: unheard of in actual use such as Code, or “da-di-di-dah-dah-dah”! WSEM WSEM WSEM CALLSIGN Arabic, Thai or Persian. Yet others CALLSIGN K (generally without the such as Japanese and Cyrillic are DE), which in is BCEM in widespread use. Also those Much easier however, is Russian and means “ALL”. languages which use extended (Cyrillic) Morse. One doesn’t have to Latin alphabets or special accent know the , though VK2WI automated Morse characters, such as French, it is not hard to learn, in order to be transmissions German, Spanish, Turkish and able to exchange a “rubber stamp” We must thank the ARNSW Norwegian as just a few examples, QSO with a Russian amateur radio (Amateur Radio New South Wales) have additional Morse code station, and you are very unlikely to for continuous service on behalf equivalents for those characters, be hit by lots of Russian words in of VK CW OPs in funding and such as in German Ä (A umlaut) is return. The following is an example supplying the automated CW di-dah-di-dah, Ö ( umlaut) is dah- of a typical Russian rubber stamp transmissions on 3699 kHz for dah-dah-dit, U umlaut is di-di-dah- QSO, in are the English many years. VK2WI also serves as dah, and CH is sometimes sent as CW meanings: UA1ABC DE a band condition indicator. Transmit dah-dah-dah-dah. VK9XYZ ZDR (GA/GM/) SPB power is 35 watts into a half wave (TNX) ZA (FER) QSO RST 579 OP dipole, 10 metres high. Japanese Wabun code STAN QTH XMAS ISLAND HW? BK The content of the transmissions Around 7023 kHz in the evenings, and you can sign off with SPB 73 is generated by a programmable one will often hear Japanese DSW (GB/CUAGN). controller. Originally this unit had “Wabun” CW, easy to identify by Russian CW operators are storage of 1100 words which lasted

24 Amateur Radio April 2016 a bit over two hours. This has VK CW activities now been extended to over 3700 7050 continues to be active as words which will take almost a CW calling frequency at any eight hours to cycle through time around Australia, while other allowing more variation in the centre-of-activity frequencies transmissions. Transmission during the day time when speeds also are cycled through things may be quiet, that have to give listeners a variety of produced results, are 14020- different combinations of 14025 and 21020-21025 kHz. speed and text. A PDF fi le (3) More information at www.vkcw. containing some of the current net/7050 text is available at the arnsw.org. Photo 1: QSL card from Seoul Radio/HLG. A useful page with an up-to- au website. The content of this date list of CW broadcasts, nets, fi le is actually very interesting as it HLF/HLG/HLJ/HLO/HLW now a and regular activities can be found details the development of the Dural subdivision of Korea Telecom are at www.vkcw.net/skeds and a few of facility itself. the easiest to fi nd. the regular entries include: Thanks go to Les VK2KYJ Reception reports of the South Sundays for development of the Morse Korean coastal stations can be 10 am to Noon Sydney time, the Generator. sent to address: 680-63 Jayang- 43-year old weekly CW Net on 7025 Reception reports are welcome dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, 143-707 kHz. There have been over 2,200 and a QSL card is available in return Korea (Telephone: +82 2 453 1181 weekly sessions of this net since for written reports received. These Fax: +82 2 453 5002) and may be it was started in 1973. Regular net can be sent by post to verifi ed by a nice QSL card (Photo controllers are Chris VK1CT, Ray REPORT, ARNSW, P.O. Box 6044, 1) in English and Korean with a VK2COX, Drew VK3XU and Ron Dural Delivery Centre, NSW, 2158 or friendly letter by QSL manager Mr VK3AVA. by Email to [email protected] Woo Hwa Lee DS1QGG. with “Beacon Report” in the subject A few navies, notably Russia and Daily except Sunday line. Pakistan are still using CW, at least in 0900Z-1000Z, calling on 7050 kHz reserve, and recently the Indonesian with QSY, CW Bash Hour. Commercial Morse code on “National Resilience Institute” For the CW Bash there are non-Amateur HF bands has been heard by this author at nightly themes, not obligatory, Old timers will remember the days 00Z and 12Z on 6365, 12235 and namely: Monday nights “Boat when HF was full of Morse code. 18980 kHz in Bahasa Indonesian Anchors”, or use your oldest INTERPOL, many national police language. There appears to be a rig(s). Tuesdays, slow speed and/ forces, ship and shore stations, fourth frequency, if anyone can fi nd or straight keys. Wednesdays bug military, International Red Cross, it do let know. There may also keys and/or sloppy CW. Thursdays news agencies, embassies and be additional broadcast times. The QRQ or go as fast as you dare. others were all to be heard using tuning signal gives “P5O” but this Fridays, QRP, or alternatively turn CW. These days there is very is not the call sign, which appears down the power to half or quarter of little remaining of CW outside at the end of transmissions and the power output that you normally the amateur radio bands, but the appears to be either 7CB or 7CJ. use. Saturdays, anything goes. presence is still there and these Monday through Friday days most radio amateurs are Photo 2: Mr Woo Hwa Lee DS1QGG with some 0830Z, 7051.2 kHz daily CW unaware of this fact. For example, of the HLG station antennas in the background. Net (Tuesdays is QRS). This is a the two most technologically short and simple net, although advanced nations in Asia, Japan often QSOs ensue afterwards. and South Korea; both still have Usual net controllers are Dave CW coastal stations operating VK3GDM, or myself Lou VK5EEE. to communicate with some of The CW News Broadcast their ships at sea. A listen around (QST) is also a regular feature, at the 8, 12 (13), 16 (17) and 22 the time of writing it is broadcast MHz HF marine bands will net by Peter VK4QC three times results, though you may have weekly on three frequencies at to listen long for a telegram or different speeds: Saturday 0400 message in Japanese or Korean UTC at 20 WPM repeated at Morse to be sent or received. The 2200 UTC (Sunday mornings) at South Korean coastal stations 17 WPM on 7022.5, 14022.5 and

Amateur Radio April 2016 25 21022.5 kHz and again Monday High Speed CW Practice As always, your feedback and evenings at 1000 UTC on 3522.5, Especially on Thursday nights suggestions are always welcome! 7022.5 and 14022.5 kHz. Please call during CW Bash hour, quite a few Wishing you many happy CW back afterwards or send reception stations are happy to practice contacts, de Lou, VK5EEE reports to [email protected] sending CW at around 30-40 WPM [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Michael VK2CCW continues with calling on 7050 and QSY up Morse_code_for_non-Latin_ Monday and Friday evenings CW or down from there. Calling CQ on alphabets practice sessions around 7115 kHz Thursday nights around 0900 UTC [2]: http://a1club.net/CW_J_e.htm LSB at 0900 UTC at speeds from 10 on 7050 at higher speeds should [3]: http://www.arnsw.org.au/forms/ to 20 WPM. result in some QRQ contacts. vk2wi_morsetext3.pdf

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