[Moon] A plea to help CW EME from PA2DW

[Steve Gross-N4PZ]

Hello Dick

Here we go again. Ten db advantage over SSB is guaranteed using CW vs SSB. And you can have a real conversation. Amazing isn't it? CW once learned is beautiful music. Two operators who send clean error free or even close to error  free are pleasure to copy. It is no harder to learn to copy 30 WPM than it is learning to type.

There is only one way to achieve 30 WPM. Practice, practice, practice. Not on the moon for God's sake.. Get on 4o meter CW and have long conversations with guys who send and copy higher than you can send and copy. Push yourself. It isn't impossible but it takes dedication and persistence. Every day !!!! Once a week will get you no results at all.

I can still copy 45 WPM and I am going to be 78 years old April 9th.  I copy in my head. I "NEVER" try to write it down. At this age my "fist"/ "sending" is full of errors but my ability to copy is as good as ever.Trying to print or write at 30 WPM is hopeless for me. Once you pass 30 WPM you start copying words not letters. Throw away a code reader. When CW is in the noise that crap is useless.

Good luck es 73.

Steve N4PZ

"es" is CW for "and"

@ Is wr run together Dit dah dah dit dah dit.  .--.-. =  @


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From: Moon <moon-bounces at moonbounce.info> on behalf of DW Harms PA2DW <qtc at kpnmail.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 3:21 PM
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Subject: [Moon] A plea to help CW EME

Dear all,



The tremendous CW activity of last weekend maybe amazed a lot us, it
certainly did it to me! If I would have known that in advance, I would have
spent much more time on it!

Thinking about the reasons for the CW-focus, one of them obviously is that
everyone is aware that there will be enough activity. Nothing is more boring
than listening to an empty band, so if you are not sure there will be
activity nobody wants to invest time etc.

So I think all we need to do to boost CW (and SSB!) activity, is to create a
platform to announce that one is QRV. Such as is done on HB9Q loggers, but
that's regarded mostly for JT. I see Peter G3LTF and Steve N4PZ sometimes
using it (and that works!), but perhaps we need a separate CW/SSB logger at
HB9Q mto increase the focus? Dan can you start thinking about this to help
us, the so called dinosaurs of the radio-age? J



Best 73,



Dick PA2DW



CW is craftsmanship, so lets preserve it!

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