What should you do when you’re not on the air, or practicing Morse?

The CW Way of Life was an instant Amazon best-seller because beginners and experts alike discovered it’s an entertaining, informative, and useful guide to both the journey, AND the destination.

CWOL reveals the underlying history, physics, and psychology of Morse – it’s about you – before providing no-computer-needed drills that coach you through the linguistic skills needed to learn Morse quickly and efficiently.

CWOL uses methods dating back to the time of Morse, combined with modern ergonomic and deliberate training principles, to create a unique self-guided learning program. You could use it by yourself on a desert island. But it is also the perfect companion alongside modern computer and online learning programs, like those from CWOPS, LICW, and others. CWOL shows you the “WHY?”

For beginners, it’s the perfect place to start. For experts, it’s the perfect place to refresh what you already know.

The road starts here!

Downloads

These PDF worksheets, ‘cheat sheets,’ and guides from The CW Way of Life may be downloaded and printed for easy reference!

QSO Session

Common Q-Signals

Directives, Jargon,
and Abbreviations

The “QSO-You” form

QSO Notepad sheet

“Roll your own”
Rosetta Stone

*The techniques and terminology for reading and writing Morse code known as “Double-D Notation,” “dD,” “double-D,” “dD Tablature,” etc. are hereby placed in the public domain, so they may be used without restriction.