Bill ... Keith ... Tentecians there is so much on 40-cw
1. yes lotsa dx high-speed[?] cw below 7025...and medium-speed qso's.
2. yes some high-speed cw qso's from 7025-up, but medium-speed as well.
3. yes qrp from 7035-7050 AND THEN....
4. yes the SSB area.
5. yes the novice band where we learn, learning use to not hard.
I'm in Oregon and sometimes a qrper and dxer and conversational type-a
guy. But mostly the quick 10-15 second 599 don or bk....i love artic
flutter...
remember...'you don't always get what you want.' mick j.
cleve/don/phred - kt7s
On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, William Lee wrote:
>
> Keith, you have overlooked a part of the 40m band that offers just what you
> may be looking for.
> I am talking about 7100 to 7150. The Tech and Novice CW portion.
> You wont hear much super high speed there but if you are willing to forgive
> a few errors you will have many enjoyable QSO's and be helping other new
> hams increase their code skills.
> They are captives in their small portion of the band and most would welcome
> QSO's with experienced operatores who are willing to teach, by example, good
> CW practices.
>
> William Lee
>
> >> From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
> >> To: Robert Weingaertner <weingaertner@nac.net>
> >> Cc: Tom H <biskit@snip.net>; tentec@contesting.com
> >> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ok, if the Argo was/is so popular.....
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> >> Date: Saturday, April 17, 1999 8:36 AM
> >
> SNIP!
> >
> >But now I live in Vermont and the bands are definitly different here. I
> >get on 7040 can call CQ to have a nice S-9 QSO with someone in FL and I get
> >3 replies, all down in the mud, all QRP. I too have gotten so I don't call
> >near 7040 unless I want QRP. Unfortunately the band above 7040 is SSB and
> >below 7040 is high speed CW and we all know that 7000 to 7025 is DX and
> >super high speed QSOs. Well, that's the way it seems at least.
> >
> >So I guess I'll have to stay with quick DX QSOs. At least I can hear the
> >europeans.
> >
> >
> >- Keith Darwin -
> >KD1E
> >Ferrisburg, VT
> >
> >
>
>
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