After being a ham since 1981, and passing the CW test only because I was good at test-taking and it was a multiple choice test, I’m now learning CW all over again via LCWO.net and the Koch Method. I’m now about halfway through and I’m doing better than I could have ever imagined. I’m not going to ever be a very fast CW operator, and sending will be a whole new challenge, as my manual dexterity and sense of rhythm are not very good, but I do see the light at the end of the CW tunnel, which for me has been a real challenge. And, I also do FT8. In fact, I got WAS with FT8 in only about one month. I wasn’t planning on an FT8 WAS endorsement, but when I noticed that I had 35 states without even trying, I thought I might was well go for it. So, in my case, FT8 has killed CW interest at all, in fact, it might have played a small part in increasing my interest. Maybe one day, I can get WAS CW endorsement. That would be a real accomplishment for me.
73, Carl N8VZ Sent from my iPad > On Jul 3, 2018, at 3:48 PM, Fred Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > The last Q in the FAQ at the end of Dr. Joe Taylor's instructions for use of > the DXpedition ["Fox and Hound"] mode of FT8 is: > > "Are you trying to kill CW?" > > If he is trying to kill CW, listening on 14023 and up suggests that he is > failing. > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > >> On 7/3/2018 12:36 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Overheard yesterday on 40 meter SSB, in reference to FT8: “Given the level >> of automation and whatnot, maybe they should call it ‘magic radio’ instead >> of ‘ham radio’.” >> >> New contest category? >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
