Ed; Congratulations! Yes 7114 is "guarded" as you will by many members of the Straight Key Century Club (SKCC). The SKCC suggests their members mentor new CW operators on that frequency and particularly all day Fridays. You will find many CW ops there who will work at your speed and are very patient. The SKCC general calling frequency on 20 meters is 14.050 MHz. Although not designated as an "Elmer" frequency, I feel confident any of our SKCC members will be happy to accomodate you.
For more information on SKCC go to http://www.skccgroup.com/ and peruse the website. You are hereby invited to join and begin your journey. I am a member for several months now and the activities SKCC sponsors have rejuvenated my activity. Not a night goes by that I don't fire up my K3 and chat with another member or two on or near the calling frequencies. We all use mechanical keys. 73 de K4SC Chuck Hallett SKCC Member 6669 < quote author="EMD"> Hello fellow Elecrafters, ... I understand on 40m a good frequency to get a patient ear is 7114. Is there a similar frequency on 20m? So if you hear me out there I look forward to making my first CW contact. Thanx in advance for your patience. 73, Ed KE7HGA -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/My-First-steps-on-CW-tp5380378p5382159.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
