Thanks everyone for the encouragement! It's been a process, and it's not where I'd like to be on my recognition,  but from what I'm understanding and thinking, if I waited until my send and receive is perfect, I'll would never have gotten on the air. 

I'm currently 4/50 on WAS and 2/100 to dxcc on LOTW. Cue our fearless leader's favorite saying!!!

73s
Jon
KI5UCZ 



-------- Original Message --------
On Tuesday, 08/26/25 at 15:56 Dennis Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote:
Congratulations, Jon!  Even those of us who have been doing CW for a long time remember the excitement and trepidation of those first contacts!  It’s kind of a big deal.

73,
Dennis/RZ

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM Jon W. Reynolds via ADXA <[email protected]> wrote:
Just thought I'd let everyone know, after about 7 months give or take of study,  last night I made my first and second cw contact. I was so excited I emailed the station for qsl confirmation because things were happening fast for me with the keyer and speaker. Got a return email confirmation KH6LC is in the log book,  8/25/25 02:47utc 14.028, 20wpm 50W out to my home made vertical antenna!

73s
KI5UCZ 
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