David:
If you're interested in improving your CW network skills, your best
bet would be to participate in an NTS slow net. Although the ECN is
fairly easy to hit from the east coast on 20 M, until you get your CW
speed up, you may find it a bit overwhelming.
Your QRZ.com listing says that you are in southern Virginia. I looked
on the Virginia ARRL Section Web site, and unfortunately Virginia
only has a fast CW NTS net.
However, the Virginia site does include a link,
http://home.carolina.rr.com/w4eat/csn.html to the Carolinas Slow Net.
Since it is listed on the Virginia site, I expect that they welcome
Virginia checkins. The net runs on 80 M at 8-10 wpm, and is
specifically geared to educate beginners on CW net operating procedures.
I used to operate from Chester Virginia, and I can tell you that the
Carolina nets are easy to hit on 80 m from southern Virginia, and the
Carolina operators are very friendly.
You might want to give that a go. If you do not feel quite ready, you
might want to e-mail w4eat and seek his advice on participating.
73,
Steve Kercel
AA4AK
At 12:02 PM 8/15/2007, David Wilburn wrote:
I have been working at improving my CW skills for what seems a very
long time. I have not checked into a CW net, and I would like to
check into ECN, but it is admittedly difficult here from the right
coast. I have listened one time and was a bit overwhelmed with
trying to copy, understand, and figure out what I needed to do.
I have looked at traffic net protocols, and I understand that
practice will improve understanding. Is it possible to have a
script somewhere of what will happen, so us newbies / slowpokes can
follow along, and try to figure out when to send out our call?
My plan would be to listen to the 20m net, and then try to stay
awake and attempt to check in on the 40m net. Rig is K2/100 w/80m
loop. So main handicap is the operator.
David Wilburn
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K4DGW
K2 #5982
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