[TVARC] CQ WW DX CW

[Don Blough]

Thats ok ! Even I was being funny. I was pretty sure that one needed cw
certification to use the readers. I thought it was going out to "reply all"
not just to "reply". If you are at the Christmas party, I will see you
then. We got to Wildwood last night at 10PM.  Don Blough

On Nov 28, 2017 6:48 PM, "Frank" <phrankxm at gmail.com> wrote:

> It appears that I dito "d not understand the question. I was not familiar
> with the term “CW certification”. Sorry about my joking response!
>
> Frank
>
> KA1AF
>
> On Nov 28, 2017, at 10:48 AM, Don Blough <skidwayrph at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Can one use fldigi in cw  without cw certification
> Don KD8RBW
>
> On Nov 28, 2017 8:48 AM, "Frank" <phrankxm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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