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I had only one show up for the CW on the air practice session on Saturday,?25 January?at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, 16:00 UTC on 17 meters.

Date / Time Call Bnd Mode Power Frequency Snt Rec Name SPC# Comments
1/25/2025 16:40 NP3K 17 CW 10 18.082 579 559 Abe FL K3 at 10 watts 100ft sloped doublet

Conditions were good. SSN=131, SFI=205 A=7 K=1.? My next CW practice session will be early next week. Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some CW practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions.

Details:
Date - TBD
Time - TBD
Band - TBD

How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF.


That will tell you what frequency I am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if you hear me give me a call. If there is a QSO in progress, please wait for a break in the action. Then send your callsign. If I hear you, I will invite you to join the QSO and start a round-table QSO.

Reply to this email if you have questions.

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS

Ed
AB8DF
 

Ed, FYI I tried this morning, but couldn't hear your signal in Utah, even though I saw a Utah station spotted you.? The band was very quiet here.


On Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 10:59 AM Ed Kwik via <ekwik=[email protected]> wrote:



I had only one show up for the CW on the air practice session on Saturday,?25 January?at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, 16:00 UTC on 17 meters.

Date / Time Call Bnd Mode Power Frequency Snt Rec Name SPC# Comments
1/25/2025 16:40 NP3K 17 CW 10 18.082 579 559 Abe FL K3 at 10 watts 100ft sloped doublet

Conditions were good. SSN=131, SFI=205 A=7 K=1.? My next CW practice session will be early next week. Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some CW practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions.

Details:
Date - TBD
Time - TBD
Band - TBD

How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF.


That will tell you what frequency I am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if you hear me give me a call. If there is a QSO in progress, please wait for a break in the action. Then send your callsign. If I hear you, I will invite you to join the QSO and start a round-table QSO.

Reply to this email if you have questions.

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS

Ed
AB8DF
 

This sounds like a great opportunity! I still have a few letters and punctuation to learn but hopefully I¡¯ll catch up in the next couple of weeks. Will definitely listen in this week! Thanks for doing this. ?
 

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KC1TQY,
Please do not hesitate to join in. There is no such thing as perfect CW unless a computer does it. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE makes mistakes, stumbles, freezes, and has brain farts. It is part of every QSO. Getting on the air is the best way to learn how to deal with them when they happen. At some point you will have an 'ah ha' moment when you realize this and QSOs become way easier and much more enjoyable. Your focus shifts from trying hard not to make mistakes to the conversation. My spelling is really bad.
Ed
AB8DF

On Jan 26, 2025, at 4:26 PM, kc1tqy via <kc1tqy@...> wrote:

This sounds like a great opportunity! I still have a few letters and punctuation to learn but hopefully I¡¯ll catch up in the next couple of weeks. Will definitely listen in this week! Thanks for doing this. ?
 

That¡¯s very encouraging. I may have to give it try, but to be honest I still screw up my own name and call sign. ?

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