[W8MWA] Fwd: [KX3] N7OC February Morse Gabfest

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From: "Bruce Prior n7rr at hotmail.com [KX3]" <KX3-noreply at yahoogroups.com>
Date: Jan 11, 2016 10:57 PM
Subject: [KX3] N7OC February Morse Gabfest
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Based on a program begun by Stan Schmidt N7OC at the Mountain Baker Amateur
Radio Club in Washington State, we’re continuing the month-long February
operating event that encourages conversation using Morse code. Most
operators will use regular CW mode on MF and HF frequencies, but sending
Morse tones via FM is fine, too, as long as no repeaters are involved. We
don’t want to clog up repeaters with such wonderful sounds!

            Call CQ GAB.

Gabfest is not a contest, so any Amateur Radio band or combination of bands
may be used. There are only two required exchange elements:

1.     call signs and

2.     USA zip codes or Canadian postal codes or Maidenhead grids if away
from civilization or outside of the United States or Canada.

You need to log:

1.     the date and time in UTC of the *start* and *end* of each QSO,

2.     the Amateur Radio band, and

3.     your power output.

            There are four entry classes:

*QRPp*: 1 W or less output

*QRP*: 5 W or less output

*QRO*: more than 5 W output

*QROo*: more than 100 W output

            If you operate in different classes, submit separate logs for
each class. Don’t forget to include your name and email address with each
log.

            The object is not to accumulate long lists of quick QSO’s.
Those are contests. The point is to use your time for gabbing. Gabfest
begins at 2016-02-01-0001 Z and ends at 2016-02-29-2359 Z. Spend as much
time as you are able during the month of February gabbing in Morse code.

You are welcome to add *notes* for each contact and a *soapbox* at the end
of your logs.

Deadline: Submit your logs in any convenient format to the Morse Gabfest
Honcho:

Bruce Prior N7RR n7rr at hotmail.com by 2016-04-01.

*Note*: You don’t need to know Morse code in order to participate in the
N7OC February Morse Gabfest. There are computer programs which both decode
Morse code and display what is being sent and then you can use a computer
keyboard to send Morse. The higher-end Elecraft transceivers come with a
computer program which does those things. There is lots of Morse decoding
and sending software available[1] <#281602284__ftn1> for free or for little
cost. Maybe you’ll have so much fun gabbing in Morse code that you’ll want
to learn to decode Morse code by ear and to send it with some device like a
paddle plugged into an electronic keyer.



73 and happy gabbing, Bruce Prior N7RR

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[1] <#281602284__ftnref1>
http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Software/Morse_Code_Decoders/
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