[TenTec] new to CW dxing

[Richards]

Thanks Paul.   I will start listening as soon as I finish the alphabet, 
and then check in when I can send a bit.  I will check out the Book you 
mention...  I have already dug out my book by AC6V and begun to read 
that again... I read the bits on phone DX, but skipped the bits on CW.

I do read all these leads, and they are helpful - in part because the 
all cover much the same ground, with useful variations, reinforcing what 
I need to know.

It will probably be a couple more weeks until I go live - I feel I 
should know the full alphabet and numbers before striking out on my own. 
  But I think I will start LISTENING to the slow net just to get my ears 
working.  I know it will come with time.

The biggest hurdle is the repetition it takes to learn it... I am 
generally a quick study - if I read it and understand it, then I have it 
down... but this is a different beast which takes old fashioned practice 
and repetitive drill to get down.   My patience for this is awful, so it 
is a chore - but if the dweeb down at the club house can do it, so can I.

Thanks again.

=================  K8JHR  =====================



On 7/1/2012 10:50 PM, Paul DeWitte wrote:
> James I have two suggestions.
>
> First, get a copy of W9KNI's book The Complete DXer. There is a world of
> information in it if you let it sink in.
>
> Second, Wisconsin has a novice net


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