[SixClub] radiation storm in progress

[Gene - W5DQ]

Dave,

I was once in your place. I had ignored CW for a long spell (over 12 years) and then I decided I was missing out on alot of prime DX for not doing CW. I started over and you know, I was really surprised how fast it came back to me. After just a short time of reimmersion, I can now copy 18-20 wpm QSOs and for contest style exchanges (i.e. my call and an expected exchange format), upwards of 35 wpm. As a result, I went from basically no or very little (less than 5) CW DX QSLs to DXCC CW awarded in less than 2 years of casual ops and contesting. And I was only a 13wpm General for code. 

Go for it - start slow and soon it will come right back. Like riding a bike or tying your shoes. Besides, what have you got to loose beside beating a few brain cells into submission :) 

As for sending, if you haven't the dexterity, use digital mode software in CW mode and send via a keyboard. Many ops do that now anyway. 

Hope to hear you on CW soon :)

Gene W5DQ
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----- Original Message -----
From: qrv at kd4e.com
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:40:37 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [SixClub] radiation storm in progress

My "digits" aren't coordinated enough for CW ... and the synapses in
my cerebral aurora seem to be CW-resistant as well.

I passed 20WPM back in '90, did it listening to tapes in the car
while commuting back and forth from work, but (like the Spanish I
once studied) lack or use means lack of recall ... can't even copy
5WPM any more ... sigh.

> On 1/23/2012 6:26 PM, qrv at kd4e.com wrote:
>> My vertical can't point ... except up ... and what means that "CW"
>> acronym?
> It's shorthand for Aurora<:-))  Think of it as the "first digital
> mode".
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)



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