[Lowfer] 512.3 activity QSOs

[Bill Ashlock]

Hi Jay,


Thanks for the patient QSO time and the good words. Speaking of code tapes. I have had the same code tape in the tape deck of my car for over 3 years! I'll have to play this on my trips up north and back. I'm finding that during an actual QSO it is really hard to concentrate on the groupings of code that form letters, but your sending words twice in a row helps out. I'm beginning to recognize some common words without thinking about the individual letters - and I guess that's good.

I put out a CQ last night and tonight at 9:00pm but no respose. Last night was just after a rather wild thunder storm had passed through, and I was curious to find if I could copy your normally strong signal under these conditions. Should be back up there this Friday night.

Oh, BTW, sorry that I wasn't able to email you back from up there the last few days because I am racing to get the forms down for the footings of the new house. If in addition to buying supplies and eating lunch I am planning to go to the college library, I have to change into more presentable clothes from my typically dirty work clothes, and then back again when I arrive back at the cabin - and this takes quite a bit of additional time.


73
Bill


> From: jrusgrove at comcast.net
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] 512.3 activity QSOs
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:53:49 -0400
>
> Bill
>
> Thanks for the QSO and congratulations on your first cw contacts! Agree with
> Warren - you did very well. Like alot of things code speed improves with
> practice. Unfortunately the FCC / ARRL eliminated the code requirement so
> you may have a hard time finding slow speed 'novice' type QSOs on the ham
> bands...although I'm sure they still exist. Code tapes or computer generated
> practice cw is another way to go. I'm available for weekly (or more often)
> QSOs although summer static may make that difficult. Conditions last night
> were pretty quiet.
>
> Jay
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren K2ORS" 
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands"
> 
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:34 PM
> Subject: [Lowfer] 512.3 activity QSOs
>
>
> Heard Bill WE2XGR/5 in QSO with Jay WE2XGR/2 around 9:00 PM -
> tried to fire up but my synthesizer was dead!
> Turned out to be a blown fuse, replaced the fuse and worked Bill.
>
> I believe that this was Bill's 1st two cw QSOs - Congrats ! You sound like a
> pro!
>
> 73 Warren K2ORS
>
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