Tom,   
      
   TW>My Dad learned CW in the late 20's while in the Marine Corps.   
      
     Before the FCC removed the CW requirement for ham radio licenses in   
   2007, I asked a local ham what his secret was to learning Morse Code. He   
   replied "I learned all the dirty words first". I laughed, and noted   
   "Well, you can't say them on ham radio...but if it helps you to remember   
   the characters, more power to you".   
      
     A club out of Dallas, Texas, was doing a CW class on their Echolink   
   node awhile back...and the first 4 letters they taught formed an   
   expletive. :P But, when you looked at the dots and dashes, it made   
   perfect sense.   
      
     Nowadays, people are learning CW because they WANT to...NOT because   
   they HAVE to.   
      
   Daryl, WX1DER   
      
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