[TVARC] CQ WW DX CW

Tue Dec 5 19:35:55 EST 2017

Rich,

See the following link to EHam.net regarding a free CW reader by WD6CNF that seems to get great accolades.  I have not tried it but would be interested in anyone who has.

Joe AB3CR

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6771

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From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Rich Erlichman <rich.erlichman at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 12:08 PM
To: 'Frank'
Cc: 'villages reflector'
Subject: Re: [TVARC] CQ WW DX CW

Just curious. Has anyone tried any other program for reading CW?
I was not impressed with Fldigi at all as a CW reader. Maybe I am missing a setting somewhere? I find Fldigi works great for RTTY (in contests), so I would prefer to use it with N1MM+, if I can get satisfactory CW performance from it.
In the meantime, I tried something called "CW Get", which I noticed was another direct option from N1MM+. It worked great!!!!
"CW Get" copied from sloppy fists all the way up to 40+wpm with a near 80-90% accuracy. Like Frank, I found that as we progressed through the contest, my ear was able to fill in the blanks, so CW Get was only running in the background as a backup or I used it as a fill.
The only problem I have with "CW Get" however, is that it is "shareware". So out of the box you try changing any settings, but you cannot save them unless you pay the author the $35 for the license key. As a work-around, I deliberately exited from the program losing whatever changed settings I had, restarted it, and noticed that it worked fine without making any changes. :-)

73,
Rich, ND4G

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From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Frank
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:49 AM
To: K2PS Pete Stafford
Cc: villages reflector
Subject: Re: [TVARC] CQ WW DX CW

Hi Pete,
Many thanks for the comments.
Yes, I used fldigi exclusively during the contest. It was quite an experience. My CW speed prior to Contest was close to 20 wpm. Fldigi did all decoding at the beginning. Slows you down just a little. Decoding was not perfect. Biggest problem was people with ‘Bad Fists’. Decoding  CW generated by Macros was easy.
As the contest went on, my ears got better and I was correcting auto decode when necessary.
Sending was exclusively via self written macros in fldigi. I used about 32 wpm unless the other operator was sending nearer to 20 then I slowed down for them.
It was a great experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I had no negative feelings about using fldigi vs fist. Copying is made easier when the sending is good.
One comment: some using speeds in excess of 40 wpm appeared to be only ‘slowing’ themselves down due to either bad sending or difficult copy of call signs.
Hmmmm, that was a little wordy but you can see that I really enjoyed the CW contest!!
Congrats on your results in the contest. I also heard you and you were real smooth!

73’s
Frank

KA1AF

> On Nov 28, 2017, at 5:34 AM, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree - nice going with 240 Qs.  Heard you in there working someone at a nice rate of speed, so sounds as if you mastered the setup.  I'd like to hear if you did use FLDIGI and how that all worked.
>
> 73, Pete, K2PS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George Briggs
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 2:26 PM
> To: villages reflector
> Subject: Re: [TVARC] CQ WW DX CW
>
> Hi Frank,
> 240 contacts is VERY good with our setups, especially since you were struggling with FLDIGI to copy the code.
> So, did you work any all-time-new-ones (ATNOs)?
> George
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank M
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 2:08 PM
> To: villages reflector
> Subject: [TVARC] CQ WW DX CW
>
> Don’t think anybody can match George re countries! That was an awesome feat.
> First time CW contest for me.
>
> Don’t really know my  score but here are some numbers:
>
> Operating Time:10-12 hrs
> No. Of Contacts: 240+ (pounce mode)
> No. Of Countries: 58
> Bands: 40, 20, 15
>
> It was fun!!
>
> Frank - KA1AF
>
>
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