Even better than calling CQ, listen. Then, follow the advice of The Old Timer:
"When you hear 'em, call 'em!" It's just that simple. Mastery of CW will pay rich dividends if you want to be a DXer. All the top ones have mastered it. 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 7:08 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]
