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73,
Dave, W8OV (CWA Advisor, Beginner & Basic levels)
On 2021-01-28 4:57 PM, Dennis Moore wrote:
Your missive is more timely than you could imagine.
I can call CQ on FT8 or SSB, not on CW. Sure, my K3 will send a
perfect CQ via macro, indistinguishable from any other K3 sending a
programmed CQ except the callsign. Problem is when someone comes back
to me, if the decoder isn't working perfectly then I can't understand
what's being said. That's definitely on me, and I acknowledge that.
I'm at 177 DX entities on CW, all through the K3 and either in
contests or Dxpeditions. In both cases I know who I'm calling, I know
when they come back with my call and signal report, and I know which
KPod or N1MM buttons to push to complete the exchange. Conversation?
Not if my life depended on it.
I'm over 120 countries on FT8/FT4 since Jan 1st and the pickings are
getting slim. One JA or PY station is just like the other after a few
thousand. With few Dxpeditions on the horizon and CW contests really
not my cup of tea, yesterday I reached for the CW materials and
plugged the key back in. It's time to do this on my own.
Whoever runs across me calling CQ on CW will have heard a rare bird
indeed.
73, Dennis NJ6G
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