[TenTec] CW inactivity

[B. J. "Tony" Martin]

Great idea David.  Maybe somewhere up the band on 30 meters might be a good
place to start?  Just an idea.
Tony, W4FOA

David Stanfield wrote:

> Times have changed but we don't have to go quietly or soon.  Why don't we
> pick a freq. to monitor when we are in the shack doing something else.  It
> could be an informal cw meeting place one band for day and another for
> night.  Call CQ TT for the gang.
>
> I used to think that talking up cw and offering to meet the new upgrades or
> inactive operators on the band for easy stress free QSO's would get at least
> some interest going.  So far after a few years nothing, several have made
> schedules but very seldom do they actually show.
>
> The Fists CW Club is dedicated to the CW preservation and has a lot of nice
> people for members but it may be sort of like being on the bail gang  of the
> Titanic.
>
> I am hoping that soon some people will be tired of computers and the
> impersonality of it and find radio and the challenge once again.
>
> In the mean time support "Know Code".
>
> Dave, N0HS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales <sales@tentec.com>
> To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:23 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] CW inactivity
>
> >
> >>That's been my experience, too. I was first licensed in the mid-60's
> >>and the cw bands were very busy, especially at night. You didn't even
> >>need a calibrated receiver to find the ham bands. 40 is still fairly
> >>active during the day on weekends, but 80 cw is really dead except
> >>for a few traffic nets, even at night.
> >
> >Over the last 18 years I have spent a lot of time ragchewing on 40
> >meter CW in the 7.030 range where many of the QRQ CW gang
> >are lurking.  Back even about 10 years ago, I could get on 7.030
> >+/- 5 kHz and call CQ at 35-40 WPM and get a response after a
> >couple of tries any time of the day or night.  I used to stealth
> >operate in the middle of the night when I was in high school in
> >the early and mid 1980's and could always raise someone.
> >
> >Nowadays, most of my operating is "prime time" weeknights - in
> >the 8 pm to 10 pm Eastern window.   Often I will call CQ for
> >quite a while around 7.030 without receiving a response.  Then
> >try 20 or 80 meters and much the same thing will happen.  After
> >15 or 20 minutes of this I find myself drifting to SSB or the AM
> >shortwave bands....I'm on the radio a lot these days, just not
> >transmitting very much, it seems.
> >
> >Scott Robbins, W4PA
> >
> >
> >
> >
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