The suggestion of CW Academy from Dave, W8OV, is an excellent one. I took everything up to Level 3 (might take that someday), and have not regretted the time and effort at all. I'm retaining my code knowledge, and while I'm still pretty slow at receiving, my sending is serviceable. I lurk a lot and listen more than I send. I'm waiting for things to warm up, and hopefully become a little less restrictive, so I can take my QRP rigs back to the parks around here and do some operating. Maybe even activate a POTA park that's near my home!
I wouldn't be able to do that if it wasn't for CW Academy. I've also heard good things about the Long Island CW Club. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73, Gwen, NG3P On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 7:07 PM Dave W8OV <dave.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > The next CW Academy class (Free) begins in April. Check out CWA at: > <https://cwops.org/cw-academy/cw-academy-options/> > > 73, > > Dave, W8OV (CWA Advisor, Beginner & Basic levels) > > > On 2021-01-28 4:57 PM, Dennis Moore wrote: > > Your missive is more timely than you could imagine. > > > > I can call CQ on FT8 or SSB, not on CW. Sure, my K3 will send a > > perfect CQ via macro, indistinguishable from any other K3 sending a > > programmed CQ except the callsign. Problem is when someone comes back > > to me, if the decoder isn't working perfectly then I can't understand > > what's being said. That's definitely on me, and I acknowledge that. > > > > I'm at 177 DX entities on CW, all through the K3 and either in > > contests or Dxpeditions. In both cases I know who I'm calling, I know > > when they come back with my call and signal report, and I know which > > KPod or N1MM buttons to push to complete the exchange. Conversation? > > Not if my life depended on it. > > > > I'm over 120 countries on FT8/FT4 since Jan 1st and the pickings are > > getting slim. One JA or PY station is just like the other after a few > > thousand. With few Dxpeditions on the horizon and CW contests really > > not my cup of tea, yesterday I reached for the CW materials and > > plugged the key back in. It's time to do this on my own. > > > > Whoever runs across me calling CQ on CW will have heard a rare bird > > indeed. > > > > 73, Dennis NJ6G > > <snip> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ard...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
