Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Does anyone do anything besides CW while DX'ing? I still have to
learn/practice CW but would like to try my hand at DX.

get on the air and start making contacts. The best way to
improve you speed is to use it.

Geoff's advice is VERY good, IMO. Concentrate on sending clean code--use
a keyer if you can--and most hams will happily slow down as much as you
need. And if you use CW, you'll find your abilities increasing
dramatically. I got my Tech+ license in 1991 and started working DX on
the CW part of the 15-meter band. Six months later i was testing for
General and 'accidentally' passed the 20wpm code test, which I took just
as a warm-up for 13wpm. No practice at all, just a few hundred QSOs.

And you're right (original poster) that there's MUCH more DX on the CW
portions, more of the time. Even if you wind up using phone or digital a
lot, you'll still want to be able to use CW if you want to be a DXer!

Good luck, original poster (and Geoff too)! 73 de AC4RD



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