George, Check out http://www.fists.org. FISTS is a CW operators club (world wide). They have a "code buddy" program to help one improve operating and speed.
The FISTS calling frequencies are as follows: 2m 144.058 MHz 6m 50.058 MHz 10m* 28.058 MHz 12m 24.918 MHz 15m* 21.058 MHz 17m 18.085 MHz 20m* 14.058 MHz 30m 10.118 MHz 40m* 7.028 MHz -- All IARU Regions 40m 7.058 MHz -- IARU Region 2 80m* 3.558 MHz 160m* 1.808 MHz U.S. Novice sub-bands 10m 28.158 MHz 15m 21.158 MHz 40m 7.118 MHz 80m 3.708 MHz Nets are as follows: Weekly Nets Sunday Century Award Net 1500 EST/2000 UTC 1500 EDT/1900 UTC 14.058 Sunday Slow Speed Chat 1700 UTC 21.158 Tuesday Slow Traffic Net 2100 EST/0200 UTC 2100 EDT/0100 UTC 3.682 Thursday Slow Traffic Net 2100 EST/0200 UTC 2100 EDT/0100 UTC 3.682 Saturday QSO Groups 2000 UTC 14.058 2300 UTC 7.058 Mark Saunders, KJ7BS Glendale, AZ <><><><><><><><><> FISTS # 2972 Elecraft k2 S/n 539 <><><><><><><><><> If it aint fun, You aint doing it right. AZ ScQRPions -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 5:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] k2 offset frequency, and FISTS Q #1: why is 500-600 hz offset reccommended by the manual.? What's wrong with, say, 750 hz? Q #2: What is, or who are the FISTS ops, and what freqs? Is this a joke? Tks, George, N4YM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
