Re: [Elecraft] QRP and contesting
Wow!! Awesome post. Thanks for sharing this. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Wayne Burdick Date: 11/10/22 1:46 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Alan Geller Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRP and contesting Funny story Last Field Day my son and a friend of his went camping with our group. Neither of them are CW operators (yet), but they did know the alphabet. They borrowed a MCU-controlled code-practice generator from another op and were competing to see who could copy single letters at the fastest rate. When they got stuck at around 20 WPM, I said, "how fast does that thing go?" It apparently would go much, much higher, into Morse nosebleed range. Just for fun, I asked them to set it up to generate random English text at 45 WPM. I decoded enough of it to convince them that this code speed was in my head-copy range. Then they started bumping it up another 5 WPM at a time--a challenge! I was in some sort of zone that day. Maybe it was the sunshine; maybe the idyllic sound of blue jays; maybe the 4-pack of White Claw I'd scored at the liquor store. In the end I managed to copy several words at 70 WPM. I'll never know if they were inspired or demoralized. They shook their heads and went off on a 5 mile hike.WayneN6KR> On Nov 10, 2022, at 10:16 AM, Alan Geller wrote:> > Yea Wayne, thats the terrific Elecraft attitude that keeps your customer base strong and loyal. > Its called, “ lets all have fun and learn something” Hooray for the serious high speed ops, a > Lot of ex Navy guys, but its pretty easy to spot the slow lane and ease back into the fast lane.> > Happy Veterans Day youse guys….K6ADG> > > > > > I'm in this group. Casual contest operation, usually QRP, mostly CW, and almost always logging by hand.> > I greatly appreciate all of the very serious ops out there who approach this with a high level of skill and give everyone -- regardless of ability -- that next QSO.__Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to n...@comcast.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting
I am also in the 'by hand' group. I greatly enjoy the "process": a paper dupe sheet, picking the next QSO, and entering the log information. For various reasons I MAY partially fill out a QSL card. No, you don't win categories, but my head & heart love itSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Wayne Burdick Date: 11/8/22 6:41 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Andrew Moore Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRP and Contesting Andrew Moore wrote:> For many of us...the joy of contesting> is keying by hand and taking notes on paper...I'm in this group. Casual contest operation, usually QRP, mostly CW, and almost always logging by hand.I greatly appreciate all of the very serious ops out there who approach this with a high level of skill and give everyone -- regardless of ability -- that next QSO.WayneN6KR(Disclaimer: I'm not in the "still learning CW" camp :)__Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email li st: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to n...@comcast.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 audio
I too would be interested in hearing the answer for this. I am NOT a big SSB person, but would always prefer fidelity on the 1% of such QSOs. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Terry Bassett Date: 12/21/21 9:01 AM (GMT-05:00) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K2/100 audio I assembled my k2/100 quite some time ago. I finally used it on ssb. I wastold my audio was too tight. I think the early ones were setup for contestaudio. Mine was about serial number 3400 or so.My question is this: what can I do to change it to more of a ragchew styleof audio?TIAW9TRB Terry__Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to n...@comcast.net __ 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
