[TenTec] Help with CW

[David Kelley]

Ronnie,

One other thing you can do that hasn't been mentioned
is to operate in any major CW contest.  I say "major"
contest because that kind will offer the chance for you
to go from QSO to QSO with little down time in between.
As you operate your adrenaline will start flowing, and
you'll find that your code speed will start going up as
you go after that next multiplier or that rare DX station.
Contests are valuable for increasing code speed
because the competition provides some of the
motivation you need to push yourself.

If you've never operated in a contest before, the ARRL
web site has lots of good information on how to get
started:

www.arrl.org

You can also pick the brains of your local contest ops.
(That's probably the best way to learn about them.)

73 and good luck!

Dave NB4J


At 10:38 AM 1/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello
>I want to be a serious cw operator, and it is killing me that I am just code
>dumb. I have tried half hearted for the last couple of years to build my
>speed up, and just when I start getting my speed up, something happens to
>keep me off the radio for several weeks and Im back at the starting point
>again. I have tried pc programs, mfj tutor, listening to on the air QSOs,
>calling cq for hours and nothing seems to be clicking for me. I would very
>much like to meet someone on the list who can and will take time to help a
>beginner with code practice. I would very much like to make a regular
>schedule with someone, or learn where to go to listen to cw nets? Someway to
>build my speed and to hold my interest, cw is what I want to do, and ssb is
>boring to me. Any help that the group can give a struggling "cw operator
>wanna be" will be greatly appreciated. I truly enjoy cw and Ten Tec radios,
>but somehow, someway, something has got to give, or im afraid I will just
>give up. Sorry for the long post, and but maybe someone has been where im at
>and maybe someone can help me, if so please email direct.
>Thanks
>Ronnie
>ke4vpn "A wanna be CW Operator"

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David F. Kelley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering Dept.
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
dkelley at bucknell.edu