[600MRG] W7IUV 2200m & 630m operations

[Roger Graves]

Bill,

I understand the rationale for your comments re. CW.

It would be great to see some new stations on the air and there are quite a few ops, myself included, in the PNW who can use CW and would love to make some new contacts. So if there are any guys considering getting on with CW, a post here will bring responses from people very willing to get on and make a sked. During last Fall and Winter when conditions were better, there were CW CQ’s on 630m from PNW stns almost every evening.

73,
Roger, VE7VV

> On Jun 26, 2018, at 12:52 PM, William E. Isakson <bill.isakson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Murray, just a note to acknowledge your good thought, but we ran CW for years on 630 under W2XSH.  It still works.  Building a CW transmitter is very easy.  You have to have not only computer, but sideband to do most of the computer modes and then interface them.  Starting out you want simple  and especially not expensive.  There is a lot to do on both of these bands that have nothing to do with computers.  The learning curve can be made simpler.
> However, I am not on the radio at the moment.   I moved from where I could do that before the band became generally available and now it is some work, and the building of another transmitter again, and the time, to do that.  That is why I am thinking about the needs of the new people to the band, I have to start over.
> Bill 
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> Bill Isakson     AC6QV
> Roseburg, Oregon USA
> bill.isakson at gmail.com <mailto:bill.isakson at gmail.com>
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> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Murray Greenman <denwood at orcon.net.nz <mailto:denwood at orcon.net.nz>> wrote:
> CW? What's that? I've not used Morse seriously for 30 years. But I do accept that it's a lot easier to transmit with the sort of gear we have on these bands.
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> Seriously though Bill, the performance of conventional Morse on 630m and below just doesn't compare with the modern modes.
> 
> WSPR is a great tool, but the mode for me is FSQCall, since you can have decent QSOs with signal strengths easily 15 dB weaker than CW. Yes, sure, you need a computer, but it is a relatively simple mode to operate, and with fixed calling channels, you don't even need to tune around. Better that than trying to run 15 dB more power, or being severely limited in range!
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> 73,
> Murray ZL1BPU
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