Learning Morse Code - A Timeline

It's taken me over six years so far, and I'm still not confident getting on the air. I do have over 200 CW QSOs in my log now. They're almost all rubber-stamp callsign and signal report exchanges. Well over four fifths of them are SOTA contacts.

Here's a timeline showing my progress (or lack of) in learning Morse.

2010 -	Feb	Foundation Course Morse practical.
		First look at LCWO.net.
	Mar	Pass Foundation exam.
	Apr	Sign on to LCWO.net and start Koch training.
	Jul	LCWO.net introduces "Morse Machine". Try it alongside Koch.
	Dec	Pass Intermediate exam.
		Delete LCWO.net account to concentrate on Advanced exam.
2011 -	Feb	Pass Advanced exam.
	Mar	Sign back onto LCWO.net and re-start Koch at lesson 1.
	Aug	Buy and start learning to use an iambic paddle.
2012 -	Feb	Write first version of "Learning Morse Code - Pointless Hammering".
	Apr	Abandon Koch at about lesson 15.
		Make CD of all letters and numbers in pairs and predictable sequence at 16wpm. Use it to learn them.
	May	First logged CW QSO.
	Oct	First SOTA CW chase.
2013 -	Jan	First DX CW QSOs (from Kenya).
		Elecraft KX3 kit ordered.
	Feb	First regular GB2CW exercise.
		First perfect GB2CW exercise at 5wpm.
	Jul	Write first version of "Learning Morse Code Roadblocks and Contradictory Advice".
	Aug	First use of CW on SOTA activation (2 CW QSOs).
	Sep	First perfect GB2CW exercise at 8wpm.
		Second SOTA activation (4 CW QSOs)
	Oct	100 CW SOTA points.
		Third SOTA activation (1 CW QSO)
2014 -	Apr	SOTA activation attempt (3 CW QSOs)
	May	50th CW QSO.
		Fourth CW (and first CW-only) SOTA activation (6 QSOs).
2015 -	Feb	Re-organised pages on Koch, Roadblocks and Contradictory Advice.
		Added a page on Teaching and Practice.
	Apr	Fifth SOTA activation (7 CW QSOs).
	May	First GB2CW broadcast on 5.301 MHz.
	Jul	Three more SOTA Activations (1,2, and 8 CW QSOs).
	Aug	Added a page of charts showing how fast folks go.
	Sep	Four more SOTA activations (3,4,4 and 5 CW QSOs).
	Oct	Two more SOTA activations (20 and 13 CW QSOs).
2016 -	Jan	A few short CW QSOs from Kenya.
	Mar	First attempt at CW rag-chew, on 2 metres.
	Apr	A few more short CW QSOs from Kenya.
	May	Two more SOTA activations (8 CW QSOs each).
	Jun	Two more SOTA activations (8 and 7 CW QSOs).
	Dec	One short CW QSO from Kenya, the only DX of that entire holiday.
2017 -		First year in which most SOTA chases were using CW.
	Mar	Two more SOTA activations (12 and 7 CW QSOs).
	Apr	One single CW QSO on 80 metres from a SOTA summit.
	Oct	ECWARC Boot Camp day attended. Interestingly challenging.
	Nov	Discouragingly muddled SOTA activation on 40 metres (11 QSOs logged).
2018 -	Jan	52 CW QSOs from Kenya.
	Jun	A CW SOTA activation (10 QSOs).
	Sep	New QTH. No rig or antenna yet.
	Dec	Five CW QSOs from Kenya.
2019 -	Jan	30 CW QSOs from Kenya.
	May	Hereford CW Boot Camp day attended. Quite stretched, but enjoyable.
		First perfect GB2CW exercise at 12wpm.
2020 -		180 CW QSOs during the year, almost all SOTA chases.
	Sep	A CW SOTA activation (11 QSOs).
2021 -		108 CW QSOs during the year, almost all SOTA chases.
2022 -		215 CW QSOs during the year, 148 of them SOTA chases.
	Jan	Started CWOPS Intermediate CW Zoom class.
	Feb	Entered ARRL DX CW Contest (34 QSOs).
		Completed CWOPS Intermediate CW Zoom class.
	Aug	A CW SOTA activation (9 QSOs).
	Sep	A CW SOTA activation (16 QSOs).
2023 -	Jan	68 CW QSOs from Kenya.
	Mar	A CW SOTA activation (20 QSOs).
	May	A CW SOTA activation (12 QSOs).
	Nov	Five CW QSOs from Kenya.
2024 -	Oct	A CW SOTA activation (24 QSOs).
2025 -	Apr	IOTA/POTA activation of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island (118 CW QSOs).
		2 SOTA activations in VK6 (26 CW QSOs).
	Jul	First GB2CW broadcast using Project UKV keyer.

I have also tracked my progress more graphically.