I’ll throw one more activity in the mix-NAQCC (North American QRP Cw club) does a variety of CW/slow speed events throughout the year. In fact next week (Sunday 10/7 to 10/14 -0000 10/8 UTC) is the ‘NA’ Sprint where a number of stations will be using special callsigns like N1A,N2A,etc. I’ll be taking a stint as N7A at some point during the week. Check the NAQCC website for details and a nice newsletter. A fun challenge is to try to work all of the N#A areas. We’ll be around the usual QRP/SKCC frequencies. Another idea is to try checking in to the many slow speed cw nets. I teach CW (locally-Oregon) and have a couple of recent graduates regularly checking in to these nets- a nice low pressure way to get experience. The NAQCC website lists a number of nets.
Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com n7...@arrl.net > On Oct 5, 2018, at 13:52, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > > Everyone is soooo very literal these days! [:-) I used "J-38" to mean any > straight key that suits your fancy ... i.e. keyer+paddle, bug, straight key. > "J-38" is just well known and shorter than "straight key," which I've now > typed three times, with and without quotes and a comma. Just need to ditch > the keyboard until comfortable with your manual keying device, keyboards > introduce a separate skill ... typing ... into the mix. > > Regarding Mode A/B: Mode B was a misteak in the programming of an early > Curtis keyer chip. Or maybe Mode A was the mistake. Might have been some > chip other than a Curtis. Every transceiver with a keyer I've owned would do > both [1 FT, 2 TS, K2, K3]. Can't remember if the KX1 would but I think it > did. > > Thus endeth Morse factoids for 5 Oct. > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > >> On 10/5/2018 11:58 AM, Mike Morrow wrote: >> That's a very good and comprehensive list of suggestions, Fred. I've only >> one nit to pick in this statement: >> >>> 3. 86 the keyboard and send with paddle/bug/J-38 >> Avoid the J-38 military straight key. The common J-38 was used in military >> service ONLY for Morse training. The equally-common J-37 is the Signal >> Corps key most often used with real front-line sets that might be exposed to >> combat environments. However, the Navy Type 26003 key is the finest of >> common military straight keys. It's what I use if forced to use an >> Asian-origin commercial ham rig. They seem not to know how to make a >> transceiver capable of Mode A iambic keying. I'd rub two wires together >> before I'd ever try using the horrific Mode B that almost all Asian ham rigs >> force on buyers. I really appreciate how every Elecraft rig ever made >> allows great Mode A iambic keying, so I don't often need to break out my >> 26003 straight key. >> >> Mike / KK5F >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n7...@arrl.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
