-----Original Message----- I think the biggest mistake is to worry about making mistakes. Just get out there and do it!
Get on between 14.050 and 14.058 (or 7.050 - 7.058) and call CQ or answer a call. There are many slow-speed ops out there who are happy to talk to you and who will probably be making some mistakes themselves. --------------------------- Yep, I'm one of them. I've been QRT for a few months. Got the K3 and got back on the air. For my first QSO I answered on the bug. Boy, did I mess it up. My brain got all twisted around. I got the dots & dashes reversed and was thinking it would auto complete dashes. I quickly switched to the straight key for that QSO (paddles weren't hooked up). And I've been doing morse off and on for 30+ years. LOL! So, the biggest mistake is not getting on the air. I'm going to say the 2nd biggest mistake would be poor spacing. I hear some OPs who don't leave enough space between words or letters. Insufficient spacing between words is not that big of a deal, but not enough spacing between letters leads to random dot-dash patterns. - Keith N1AS - - K3 711.500 - _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
