Hi Steve!
Enjoying CW is definitely an important step. No longer is it necessary with
no code firmly in place. Evil it ain't because the advantages outweigh the
hastles every time. These advantages include but are not limited to less
demanding requirements in hardware and the greater convenience of the chosen
thirst quencher.
In the excellent CQ article last month detailing the K1N DX-pedition, they
said one of the requirements for ops was to be trilingual. I was thinking
about where the island is, and thinking yeah, English Spanish and French,
but no. SSB, CW and RTTY is what it meant, hi hi.
73,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Tuesday, 2 June 2015 3:38 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: My CQ WPX Total
Tom,
Well it was fine for what it was, but I have a long way to go. If Lloyd had
run power and had a full weekend, he would have done well over
1,000 QSO's. Some of our CW friends from across the pond like David
and Terry could have outdone my total in just a couple of hours.
I have made some progress in the past year and a half since I decided to
stop looking at CW as a necessary evil and try and enjoy it. With a
little progress each year, I'm on my way to being a world class CW contest
op in about 2036.
Hope you can get the antenna up. Beside FD, there is also NAQP SSB
and CW this summer.
73, Steve KW3A
On 6/1/2015 11:13 AM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Congrats on the great CW effort, Steve!
>
> I'm not sure, but I think you made the most contacts of anyone who
> has reported so far.
>
> I'm now looking forward to Field Day. If I can do FD from out here at
> the RV, I think I will stick mainly to CW.
>
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 8:49 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: My CQ WPX Total
>
> Sounds like everyone had fun this weekend. I put 340 in the log, with
> 258 mults and score of 233K. Worked a few on 160, but all within 500
> miles. Was surprised how many Europeans came back to me on80 meters
> Saturday night.
>
> One of these days I'm going to get over this CW phobia. I have big
> plans for each CW contest, but always get some cold feet on Friday
> night. I end up just piddling around until sometime Saturday night,
> then really get into it. Turns out I always have fun. If I could
> just hit it hard from the get - go, I could do a lot better.
>
> Good job on the QRP Lloyd. I know it can be challenging, but also fun.
> I usually run FD home from a battery QRP. Last year I worked
> Finland, which was pretty cool. Maybe do the same for FD this year.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> On 5/31/2015 11:22 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Grea
>
> t going, Mike.
>>
>> Will be curious about how Lloyd, Steve, and anyone else who did the
>> contest fared.
>>
>> Still no antenna up out here at the camp site, yet, but hopefully,
>> that problem will be addressed well before Field Day.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU
>> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 8:03 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: My CQ WPX Total
>>
>> 296 contacts, 240 prefixes, 167,520 points.
>>
>> I heard someone work W3IUU last night, but Lloyd was in hunt and
>> pounce mode like me, so we missed each other.
>>
>> --
>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>
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