The recent posts on QRQ CW and the new CW+ option on the K3 were of special
interest to me. A few years ago,during the sunspot low, I decided to improve
my CW skills as I could not hear much on the bands out here on Maui with no
sunspots! I really got interested in QRQ as a consequence. Chuck, AA0HW, has
set up two websites you all might find interesting:
http://groups.google.com/group/i_cw?hl=en a site for sharing thoughts on QRQ
in general and:
http://groups.google.com/group/i_cw?hl=en a site dedicated to sending CW over
the internet. This has been especially helpful to me out here on Maui where
checking into the 40 meter nets in our early afternoon is challenging to say
the least.
Joe KH6/W3GW
On 16 June, 2010 Jim wrote:
Message: 5
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:54:57 -0500
From: "Jim Miller KG0KP" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Elecraft] QRQ
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <5c9cc09f5020499aac2633e2c472b...@hmjm500>
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OK, Guys, I'm a newbe to ham(18 years) compared. And I have been avoiding CW
until the past few months (after passing my 20 word test for my extra(16 years
ago!)). This spring I started Triple Play to force myself to get serious on CW
and it has been uphill all the way but I am gaining on it (still missing 15
states CW on LOTW).
QRQ? High speed CW ?? OK, so how do you get to 60 or 100 WPM anyway? PC or
at least keyboard input? I can't imagine accuracy for copyable code being
input via paddle above maybe 40 wpm or so. Also, PC for decode even up to 100
wpm or is that by ear !!! ?
Also, during the contests I sometimes hear cw going so fast all that is heard
is "thumping", there is no tone whatsoever being transmitted. Do I have
something set wrong or are some radios prone to transmit like this? These are
not close in stations (579 or so) so it shouldn't be overload and backing off
the rf gain doesn't make it any different.
Thanks, de Jim KG0KP
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