[CW] FISTs 'Get Your Feet Wet Weekend'

[scott mcmullen]

The Fists CW Club's 'Get Your Feet Wet Weekend' is coming up
this weekend.

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Get Your Feet Wet Weekend

Despite all the controversy about licensing and requirements, 
there are a lot of new hams who are intrigued with the code 
after passing their 5WPM.

But, like we all were (or are!), they are intimidated and 
nervous about getting on the air. They've had bad experiences 
on Field Day or other contests and QSO's where people won't 
QRS (slow down), and they are getting frustrated. We don't 
want that to happen! We want to encourage and nurture these 
new CW operators.  The Novice RoundUp used to be a good 
forum for this, but the Novice concept is obsolete. Something 
needs to be implemented that would include all classes of 
newcomers and give them a friendly place to learn the ropes.

The 2007 Get Your Feet Wet Weekend will be 00:00Z Fri Sep 14, 
2007 (Thursday local) to 00:00Z Sep 17 (Sunday local).

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The full rules are at:

http://www.fists.org/getfeetwet.html

73
Scott
W5ESE





       
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