[Elecraft] Slow Code Watering Holes?

[Brian Murrey]

I thought SKCC was Straight Key Century Club....

SKCC 2076

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wl7m at cqmail.net>
To: "Stephen W. Kercel" <kercel1 at suscom-maine.net>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Slow Code Watering Holes?


> Steve,
>
> Another fellow mentioned the Slow Key Century Club, SKCC.  You can find
their
> listening frequencies at their website http://www.skccgroup.com.  They also
> have a Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skcc/ .
>
> SKCC is a group of hams who have fun using "manual" keying, i.e., stright
keys,
> cootie keys (sideswipers) and bugs.  In addition to the FISTS and Novice
> frequenices, it's a great way to find some slow speed QSOs...
>
> 73,
> John - WL7M
> SKCC #2156
>
> Quoting "Stephen W. Kercel" <kercel1 at suscom-maine.net>:
>
> > Fellow Elecrafters:
> >
> > At the KS1R Field Day operation we had a bunch of 5 wpm operators who
> > wanted to try their hand at CW on our GOTA station. They were very
> > disappointed because they could not find any slow stations, and the
> > 20+ wpm CW that most Field Day operators were running simply
> > overwhelmed them. Nevertheless, they are interested in improving
> > their overall on the air proficiency in CW.
> >
> > Are there particular frequencies where slow code operators who want
> > to talk to other slow code operators hang out?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Steve
> > AA4AK
> >
> >
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