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Thanks David and Wayne. I'm older now but your stories remind me how much I've enjoyed amateur radio over all these years.. I'm gonna go home today and fire up the rigs. I grew in the early 60’s working from a dirt floor in a dug out basement of a suburban home working with very inexpensive

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Great hearing all these stories about CW (and rare bird sightings). Thanks, all. Wayne elecraft.com > On Jan 29, 2021, at 8:54 AM, David Olean wrote: > __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

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Thanks for a great description Wayne. Funny you should mention this. I was working in my ham shack/shop this past Monday, with my brother doing some spray painting and afterwards, he sat down and looked for 40 meter contacts on CW. It was Monday night novice rig night apparently.  After

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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

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The next CW Academy class (Free) begins in April.  Check out CWA at:  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

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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

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6m EME gives me the same thrill as my novice days. I think because I’m still amazed that it works. 73, Josh W6XU Sent from my iPad > On Jan 28, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Tony Estep wrote: > > I remember the thrills of hearing my first DX signals, many eons ago.

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If you want to relive the "good old days", get on the air on Straight Key Night. It's a much better way to spend New Years Eve than drinking. People bring out all kinds of old equipment and put it on the air. I have an entry in my log for a QSO with AE6C with the note, "SKN: running conar 1

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In the 50's and early 60's, CW signals had some character ... a mild chirp maybe, a little 120 cycle hum, and since keyers were rare and many hams were using bugs, all sorts of different riffs from the rhythm section.  In a net or roundtable [we did that on CW then], you knew who was currently

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...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 12:11 To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Signals wild...signals caged My son is an avid birdwatcher. As his understudy, I've learned the names of the birds that hang out in our yard and gather at local wetlands

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A delightfully sophisticated bit of thought-provoking entertainment. Thanks for that ;-) ~R~ 72/73 de Rich NE1EE The Dusty Key On the banks of the Piscataqua __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

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> On Jan 28, 2021, at 10:52 AM, Macy monkeys wrote: > > While we are all narrowly focused on the K4 ... Yes. Though we all must invent ways to stay sane in this time of lock-down and lock-up. I try to kick a hornet's nest every other Thursday around noon. Wayne N6KR

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On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 12:14 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > each CW signal arriving from a distant land was unique. > == Yep, I remember the thrills of hearing my first DX signals, many eons ago. And there's still a certain adrenaline pop associated with hearing your

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f-list. Wayne N6KR > > With sincere best regards, > > Jerry, W1IE > > > > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On > Behalf Of Wayne Burdick > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 13:11 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Su

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that there is a K4 project > that must be finished? > > With sincere best regards, > > Jerry, W1IE > > > > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On > Behalf Of Wayne Burdick > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 13:11 PM > To: E

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73 Doug EI2CN > > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > <mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> <mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net>> On > Behalf Of Wayne Burdick > Sent: Thursday 28 January 2021 18:11 > To: Elecr

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: [Elecraft] Signals wild...signals caged My son is an avid birdwatcher. As his understudy, I've learned the names of the birds that hang out in our yard and gather at local wetlands. On a recent walk we saw one of our favorites, an American kestrel, a small raptor that terrorizes lizards and mice

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My favorite songbird is the double speed sideswiper, aka 'the cootie.' A rare breed with a distinctive voice. Once uncaged, mine usually lands on 40 or 80 meters... John K7FD > On Jan 28, 2021, at 10:11 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > My son is an avid birdwatcher. As his understudy, I've

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To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Signals wild...signals caged My son is an avid birdwatcher. As his understudy, I've learned the names of the birds that hang out in our yard and gather at local wetlands. On a recent walk we saw one of our favorites, an American kestrel, a small raptor

[Elecraft] Signals wild...signals caged

My son is an avid birdwatcher. As his understudy, I've learned the names of the birds that hang out in our yard and gather at local wetlands. On a recent walk we saw one of our favorites, an American kestrel, a small raptor that terrorizes lizards and mice in the foothills on both sides of the