[CW] CW trends on the ham bands -- as I experience it
DANNY DOUGLAS
N7DC at COMCAST.NET
Sun Jun 20 10:58:19 EDT 2010
Hmmmm I would disagree with that. 8 dits is internationally known, both within ham operations, and government/military ops. If a mistake is made within a word, you send 8 dits, and go back at the beginning of the word. Someone sends dit dit dit dit to me, it means entirely something else. A question mark would be used to indicate a repeat of a word , which you are not doing if you change something within a word. Yes, most of us would figure it out , eventually, lbut if we all do the same thing, there would be no question as to what is meant.
But, yes, we certainly need to train new operators, and those who set out on their own, just simply need the mentoring. I have done so, many times, especially with Scouts, and take pride that they know not only the answers, but why, which is more important than memorizing test questions. If one knows why, when the question comes up, there is no guessing. Its the same with actually operating our equipment and keying code, or typing on the keyboard. You know who doesnt know - by reading what they send.
Danny Douglas
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Bentley
To: joe at dk7vw.de ; CW Reflector
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] CW trends on the ham bands -- as I experience it
Joe: We are on the same wavelength! I have mentored a few operators here in the Atlanta area on CW techniques with pleasant results - education in the "short hand" of CW operating does not seem to be something that is published. One fellow, for example, wanted to know how he should indicate he has made a mistake in a word, a string of dots? NO, No! A question mark will do, or leave out the dash in the question mark and send dit dit dit dit, or even better, just pause for a few beats and correct your mistake, a good op will get the picture immediately!
161 8
Dick K2UFT
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From: Werner 'Joe' Jochem DK7VW <joe at dk7vw.de>
To: CW Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, June 20, 2010 7:00:10 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] CW trends on the ham bands -- as I experience it
Henry Mei'l's wrote:
> Sometimes I experience a swarm of stations calling me after I finish
> a QSO and I don't get this when calling CQ. I usually work one or two
> out of the swarm and then QRT.
One reason might be the lack of a CW exam. More and more CW "operators"
never learned the code but they are decoding it with their computers.
Whenever an operator sends a clean and exact code - like OZ1UF - he is
an interesting victim for these MixW-Operators because their computers
can easily decode his transmissions. Maybe you should switch to a
mechanical bug? ;-)
In most cases you can identify these computer guys by their operating
manners. They often send plain text instead of CW abbreviations and are
not familiar with the common CW operating practice.
> The down side is that there's almost no one left on the band with
> whom you can run a relaxed QSO. -- and why are there so few that will
> actually hold a QSO running more than 1 to 3 minutes? Is it a
> language problem -- nothing to say ?-- or are most caught up in some
> QSO quantity frenzy where you just zap along and never get into any
> depth.
This is not a new problem (I'm looking back at 33 years of CW activity)
but you are right: the number of the 'rubber stampers' is increasing.
Another sign of bad CW education is - how I like to call them - the call
sign plunkers. You finish a CW QSO (not in a contest of course) and then
you will get a 'UA9***' on your frequency. No 'DK7VW DE UA9***'. How the
hell shall I know whom this guy is actually calling?
Poor operationg manners in CW is a problem that can be solved only by
ourselves: by giving more education to the newcomers (maybe in your
local amateur radio club), by giving an example of good operating
practice on the bands.
73 Joe DK7VW
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