[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] 13 Colonies a great time to practice your CW

[Ian]

Great idea!  Some additional tips at
http://n8ik.net/CW_contesting_for_beginners.pdf
73, Ian N8IK


On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:26 AM Edward Bradshaw <ebradshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> The 13 Colonies special event has kicked off again this week, it goes from
> July 1st to the 7th, and while I've participated in the past using phone I
> decided that this year I would try getting a "Clean Sweep" with just CW.
>
> The exchange is so simple that it is a great opportunity to get some CW
> practice in, not to mention the stations are all 1x1s (not including the
> two bonus stations).  The typical exchange you will hear is:
>
> -> CQ de K2H
> <- W4EDF
> -> W4EDF 5NN MA
> <- 5NN VA
> -> W4EDF TU QRZ
>
> You pretty much just need to know your call sign, 5NN (instead of 599) and
> your state, VA.
>
> I am using a bit of assistance in reading the CW with a great bit of
> software I found, MRP40, which decodes CW pretty well.  I then send my
> response using paddles.
>
> If you are a new ham, 13 Colonies can be great practice for phone as well
> and give you an opportunity to see how the time of day on each band can
> affect the distance you can reach as well as trying to push through in a
> pile-up.
>
> Info on the event can be found here: http://www.13colonies.us/
>
> 73
>
> Ed
> W4EDF
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