That sounds interesting. I tried calling CQ with the terminal but that was a disaster. Inevitably, the answering station was enough off frequency that the radio wouldn't decode. Also one thing I noticed with the decode. 9 out of 10 times the station returned my call, the first letter was decoded incorrectly, and no, I did send a V. 73's Tom
On Nov 30, 2014 8:08 PM, lmarion <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you want to work more DX than you ever thought possible: > > 1. Learn enough CW to do basic exchanges. > Your speed and proficiency will increase dramatically by just doing it. > 2. Get on 30 meters. Other countries have not abandoned CW > like the USA has. You will work DX after DX station. > > You can even call CQ with QRP power and work stations worldwide. > No need to wait for contests with their special rules and pileups. > > Leroy > AB7CE > > > > On Sun, 2014-11-30 at 18:32 -0500, Tom Blahovici wrote: > > Hi > > Just thought I'd drop a note about the Elecraft CW decoder. I've been on > > the air for a number of hours hunting new DXCC's with the K3's built in CW > > decoder. This was my first time using CW, I only know the letters CQ 5NN > > TU and that's it! ( OK E also) Never been on CW before so all DXCC's were > > 'new'. > > Armed with that and a spotting program I racked up 50 new dxccs from > > around the world. This was a new experience and introduced me to CW. Now I > > want to learn it so the next time the contest comes around I'll enjoy it > > that much more. Was a blast. > > 73's Tom > > va2fsq.com > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
