[Fists] GYFW!

[Tim O]

Hi, Gang!

Get Your Feet Wet now underway :)
Newbies! Get on and make that first live contact or polish your skills.
Elmers! Catch that newbie who will probably want to swap cards with you!

If you don’t hear anyone, don't settle for that but call CQ TILL YOU GET
ONE.

I so often hear that "nobody is on". Well, that's because nobody is on!
Folks, we have to get on and keep the band warm and the only way to have
QSO's is by SOMEBODY putting a signal out there. Want to liven up the band?
The best way is to just sit there and call CQ till you get one.

I am often amazed by what happens when I CQ into a "dead" band. I usually
get one (my habit BTW is to sit there and CQ, listen, CQ, listen, CQ,
listen, for TEN SOLID MINUTES or until I get one) but if not, somebody off
in the distance hears me but is unable to copy or maybe they think I am too
weak to work......... and they CQ as soon as I leave the freq or off a kc
or so, and I often get them. If I don't get them, another stn does. What
happened there? The only thing wrong with the "dead" band was nobody was on
it and my CQ pried it open.

A little patience and persistence goes a long way :)

Get Your Feet Wet today! :)
73
Tim, AC5SH

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