[SECC] Announcement: Next Week's Slower Speed CWTs

[John Laney]

GM:

A few reminders about the CWTs next week.  First, the CWTs on March 13 
and 14 are dedicated to our CW Academy students and we ask everybody to 
put the brakes on and limit their speeds to 20 WPM maximum.  See 
https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/.  Some of you break out the straight keys 
for this.

Why slow down?  We had over 300 students who took a CW Academy class 
during our January-February semester.  We had over 60 advisors who 
worked with those students.  One of the best lessons the students can do 
is to get on the air.  You can be an advisor for an hour by working 
these students and encouraging them to keep getting better.  The thing I 
like best about this club is how we reach out to people and share our 
enthusiasm for CW.  If they need some training to improve, we will do 
that at no cost.  So please look for and welcome the unfamiliar call 
signs that are signing 'CWA'.

Reminder #2: Jim, KE8G, is going to put the Great Lakes CWops vanity 
call -- KN8CWO -- on the air for CWA Day.  A few guys in the UK are 
planning to activate their CWO vanity calls.  Here in the US, we have 
other vanity calls available.  See 
https://cwops.org/us-uk-vanity-callsigns/ for information about the 
vanity call program and to sign up to use one of the calls.

Reminder #3: The dreaded (for me) daylight saving time will take effect 
for most of us in the US on Sunday.  Other parts of the world have 
already gone to that or might soon.  So please make sure that you know 
what time the CWT is for you.

Let's pack the bands and have fun!

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GL es 73 de Joe AA8TA
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