[AMRadio] cw

Sat Sep 21 22:17:35 EDT 2013

I will be on 40/80 with my SCR-274N setup.  I've been working on the system
for about a year and made my first contact on 40 this afternoon using my
J-38.

73 Mark K3MSB

Sent from my Android phone
On Sep 21, 2013 7:39 PM, "Rsauvan" <rsauvan at beyondbb.com> wrote:

>
> Absolutely a great time. I will be using one of my many vintage "bugs"
> along with 3 different stations. My chirpy Ranger, my HX-50, and my HT-30.
> You gain more points by using different rigs. So look for me at different
> times to work me using my different setups. In fact, the exchange is the
> radios you are using. It is great fun bringing the old "bugs" back on the
> air and not using computer control. From reading the past posts, I must
> admit I am guilty of computer generated cw but only in contesting. I get
> the rush of the fast pace and competition of contesting and the only way
> you can compete is to stay up with the latest and greatest in technology
> for that facet of amateur radio. I will admit though, I get a great thrill
> out of putting my old "boat anchors" on the air and keeping the tradition
> of amateur radio alive and well. Look for me in the Classic Exchange.
>
> 73-Bob-W0YBS
> http://w0ybs.com
>
>
>
> On 9/21/2013 4:49 PM, John Macaulay wrote:
>
>> Tomorrow, Sunday Sept 22 is the CW  part of the Classic Exchange.  There
>> will be a good number of old Boat Anchor rigs (and operators) active most
>> of the day.  Low key contest - more about the old rigs and enjoyment of CW.
>> See the web site:
>> www.classicexchange.org
>> For suggested frequencies and exchanges.
>> A lot of fun even if you have a modern rig.
>> 73
>>
>>
>>   Mac MacAulay
>> WQ8U
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 21, 2013, at 2:43 PM, "K5MYJ" <macklinbob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  It largely depends on  where you live. The only thing I ever hear
>>> between 7100 and 7125 is CW. And that is rare.
>>>
>>> Use the message boards to set up an operating schedule in the 7050-7100
>>> section and see what happens.
>>>
>>> Propagation here in the PNW seems to be all East/West. Not much
>>> North/South.
>>>
>>> The reverse beacons show it.
>>>
>>> Bob Macklin
>>> K5MYJ
>>> Seattle, Wa.
>>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>
>>> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:25 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] cw
>>>
>>>
>>>  I like the idea of vintage CW but it doesn't have to be limited to
>>>> novice speed sending. There is supposedly a vintage CW hang-out on 80m
>>>> around 3550 but all the activity I hear seems to be run of the mill stuff
>>>> with the usual plastic radios.
>>>>
>>>> I think a better 40m frequency would be somewhere in 7060-7100. There
>>>> is rarely any kind of activity there at all except for an occasional
>>>> digital buzz and a Spanish speaking slopbucketeer. 7100-7125 is often
>>>> filled with foreign SSB and an occasional broadcaster.
>>>>
>>>> I wish  the FCC would extend the phone band down to 7100, and then all
>>>> the countries agree to a band plan that would put RTTY and other digital
>>>> modes somewhere  up around 7080-7100, and that CW ops would agree to spread
>>>> out a little more. As it is, they are mostly all clustered down in
>>>> 7000-7040 or so, RTTY, cw, data and all, with a wide swathe of under-used
>>>> frequencies from 7060-7125, while the phone bands may be congested to the
>>>> hilt.
>>>>
>>>> I do hear a few CW sigs in the vicinity of 7060-80 at times, usually in
>>>> the  clear enough that you could copy them OK with an S-38. The
>>>> inefficiency in the way 40m frequencies worldwide are presently used, since
>>>> the broadcasters mostly moved out of 7100-7200, is ridiculous.
>>>>
>>>> Don
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