CW Practice / Rag Chew
开云体育On 4/21/25 I had a CW practice / rag chew session
on 20 meters. I worked no stations:
Conditions were OK. SSN = 108, SFI = 156, A = 14, K
= 5.
I heard several very weak stations calling but they were too weak to work. My next CW practice session will be?April 23 at 16:00 EDT / 20:00 UTC on 20 meters.?Anyone and everyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some 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 - April 23 2025
Time - 16:00 EDT? 20:00 UTC Band - 20 Meters 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 |
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I wouldn't describe a K of 5 as good. A figure of 1 or 2 is much better. The lower bands eg 40m may be very difficult to use at a K of 5. Digital will stand the best chance of getting through on these bands. The SFI is an indication of how well you can get DX as a higher number helps the signal to skip multiple times especially on the higher bands eg 10m. The A figure you can ignore as it is showing what's happened in the past. The SSN figure is a measure of sun spots and closely follows the SFI figure.
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The above is a brief over-simplification but might help.? |
John Laidler