[CW] W5YI groups suggestions on ham radio licensing

[scott mcmullen]

hi john,

--- John Geiger <johngeig@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A very good point Scott.  Especially if you are
> going
> to be in the public view for your special event
> station.  

that's an excellent point john; i think alot of folks
are *put* *off* by the *idea* of having to learn 
morse code to earn an amateur radio license - until
they encounter a group of hams operating and it's
apparent that the cw op is having far more fun than
anyone else. 

> Also, try to get on CW and give out QSOs
> during your state QSO party.  The Illinois QSO party
> has become primarily a CW contest due to just such
> an
> effort.  There is some SSB activity, but nothing
> compared to the CW activity, and many of the mobiles
> never run SSB during the contest.  
> 
> I was also surprised at how much CW activity I got
> during the Oklahoma QSO party.  I had pileups at
> time,
> but I think some of it may have been that there
> wasn't
> alot of CW activity.  Of course on 20, and on 340 in
> the evening I couldn't hear the other OK stations
> due
> to skip distance.

another very excellent one. i was active during the
oklahoma qso party, but had to search around pretty
diligently to find oklahoma stations to work
(i'm in texas). i worked one on 80m cw, and a few on
40m cw. guess most of the ok stn's were on 20m, or
ssb. 

i think particularly for the lesser populated states,
having lots of out-of-staters participate helps to
create a qso party with vitality.

in the texas qso party, there was a huge number of
just texas-to-texas qso's. i only worked a couple
out-of-staters (i was 40m/only cw/only qrp/only)
but certainly was appreciative of any i could get.

73,
scott nj0e

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Scott McMullen, NJ0E
http://www.geocities.com/scottamcmullen
scottamcmullen@yahoo.com
Dripping Springs, Texas

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