25wpm CW Week8 Report
.Nearly there folks, we have got just five more letters to do, then its time for continuous practice sessions. This week there were seven call-ins plus at least two secret listeners.
Progress is good and we added the letters K, J and H plus . ? = as the last three punctuations. As mentioned in all these lessons so far, the real work is done by your time spent practicing and its now a case of looking back at all the previous weeks. I do hope that you are able to give some time to this because it will make a world of difference to your enjoyment of CW.
You know the drill; practice the letters/figures and punctuation using CWPlayer or any program that gets you to identify a letter on the keyboard upon hearing the sound. As a reward give yourself some time on the CW end of the bands to see if anything seems familiar.
We are going to be looking at abbreviations a lot in the coming weeks. These are important because most QSOs are 75% abbreviations, so its very important to get them into your memory bank of sounds. One way of attacking this can be trying to send the abbreviation using a paddle or straight key and using the common CW readers to see how well you’ve done it. Once you have spent 10mins sending a phrase, it becomes firmly fixed… try it.
Either way, practice is the word. We don’t want Roger to turn down the cooker where his hat is simmering gently, do we?
73 de Jim
g3yla
Comment from the bad cop:
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My hat is still on simmer! Now the call for constant practice each day will sort the men from the boys!
But hey, great to see you stick the course thus far! Good luck with the practice, but remember, it does tak time,so don't expect instant results.
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BOOTCAMP is Sunday April 19th.
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The mention of the torture chamber did not deter anybody! I now have eleven people booked in. If you decide to join them:
Email me to reserve a place in the torture chamber! This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Still room for a few more!
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MARCONI DAY
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As usual Marconi Day takes place at the Caister-on-Sea Lifeboat Station. The date is Saturday April 25th. For those that don't know:
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IMD is a 24 hour amateur radio event that is held annually to celebrate the birth of Marconi on 25 April 1874. The event is usually held on the Saturday closest to Marconi's birthday and in 2020 it will be held on 25th April, Marconi's birthday.
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Although predominantly a CW event, for obvious reasons, SSB and Data are also used. We normally have 2 stations running simultaneously, both using the Call GB0CMS. There is a schedule for operating, so if you wish to book a time, please contact steve G0KYA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will book a slot for you. We have a fun day, lunch at the cafe, lots of banter and chat and you can go for a walk along the beach, and even go for a swim if you are brave enough!
Incidentally, I have set up a tentative sked with Ian VK3MO. If he can't make it with his antenna nobody can!
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Headcopy Class is going well.
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Some groups are proving to be difficult, mostly due to memory recall than copying ability.
E I S H and 5 are causing a bit of grief, but the thing to remember here is that you are very unlikely to hear those in one group at any time! It is merely to concentrate the mind on patterns. So don't despair, even the most skilled have problems with groups like this.
However, it is all good Practice, that Big P word again!
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So, join us at 1000 on Monday mornings and have some fun.
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The K9YA Telegraph
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K9YA publishes an interesting Newsletter on CW matters. You can subscribe to it with this link:
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mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/k9ya_telegraph
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Great to see the support that Paul M1AFQ is receiving at the Club with his Morse in the Computer Room practice sessions. Try it! It really is fun.
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73 de Roger, G3LDI GB2CW Coordinator. May the Morse be with you.
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