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"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
... Morse gone by the beginning of last year. Barry Sad that many folks will likely never give themselves the opportunity to bag some of that rare DX that seems to only show up on the bottom of the bands. Just bagged HZ1EX on 7013 kHz. 99.999% CW op and luvin' it. -- Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI FISTS #9384/CC #1736 QRP ARCI #11782 |
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Bert Craig wrote: "Barry OGrady" wrote in message ... Morse gone by the beginning of last year. Barry Sad that many folks will likely never give themselves the opportunity to bag some of that rare DX that seems to only show up on the bottom of the bands. Just bagged HZ1EX on 7013 kHz. 99.999% CW op and luvin' it. 'Way to go Bert! That's a tough one, there aren't a whole lot of HZs on the air. "Back when" the only HZ on the air for years was HZ1HZ. He was only on 40M CW and usually only in the major DX contests so he was a real "catch". Problem with him was that he had about the worst bug swing most of us have ever heard, absolutely indecipherable. Thank God he wasn't a ragchewer. But that was OK because that swing was his immediate "identifier" and ya knew who it had to be even if ya could hardly copy him in the piles. I have no idea what their rules are today but back then only members of the royal family were allowed to get on the ham bands. Serious HF dxers aren't serious unless they work both phone and CW, ya have to do both or else yer shooting yerself in the foot. -- Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI FISTS #9384/CC #1736 QRP ARCI #11782 w3rv |
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oups.com... 'Way to go Bert! That's a tough one, there aren't a whole lot of HZs on the air. "Back when" the only HZ on the air for years was HZ1HZ. He was only on 40M CW and usually only in the major DX contests so he was a real "catch". Problem with him was that he had about the worst bug swing most of us have ever heard, absolutely indecipherable. Thank God he wasn't a ragchewer. But that was OK because that swing was his immediate "identifier" and ya knew who it had to be even if ya could hardly copy him in the piles. I have no idea what their rules are today but back then only members of the royal family were allowed to get on the ham bands. Serious HF dxers aren't serious unless they work both phone and CW, ya have to do both or else yer shooting yerself in the foot. Thanks Brian. I'm havin' gobs of fun and have broken out the K2/100 running approx. 70 Watts. I'm about a third of the way through toward DXCC and need an Asian contact for WAC. I will heed your advice re. using both phone and CW. I do hop on 10 using phone while commuting to and from work, but in the shack, well... ;-) To be honest, I suppose I just find the CW itself fun. I'm also a big WW II buff and was quite honored to work W5E over the weekend, who was operating from a Boeing B-17 bomber. The op was using the vintage onboard gear. It's humbling to think of the transmissions that have traveled through that gear. Tnx agn es hpe c u ota. Take care es... -- Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI FISTS #9384/CC #1736 QRP ARCI #11782 |
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Bert Craig wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Serious HF dxers aren't serious unless they work both phone and CW, ya have to do both or else yer shooting yerself in the foot. Thanks Brian. I'm havin' gobs of fun and have broken out the K2/100 running approx. 70 Watts. I'm about a third of the way through toward DXCC Whoa, boy you're moving fast, good show! How much sleep are you getting these days? and need an Asian contact for WAC. Condx from here on the east coast to the north Pacific rim have been somewhere between lousy and hideous for weeks. A JA or a UA0 will pop into your sights eventually. I will heed your advice re. using both phone and CW. If the name of your game is building your mixed-mode total, which is usually the Holy Grail, you really don't have any choice. It's simple statistics and the immutable math of the decibles. CW gets you an automatic 10 dB advantage over ssb but if the rarie only runs ssb well then the ten dB obviously don't mean squat, etc. I haven't done any "card counting" for years but I suspect that if I did I'd find that 25-30% of my total are phone contacts. Despite the fact that I'm a terrible weak-signal phone op and spend 95% of my time lurking in the lower 25s. I do hop on 10 using phone while commuting to and from work, but in the shack, well... ;-) Heh. Keeping an eye on 10 from the vehicle is not a bad idea actually. If ten opens up you know the lower bands are probably cooking. To be honest, I suppose I just find the CW itself fun. I'm also a big WW II buff and was quite honored to work W5E over the weekend, who was operating from a Boeing B-17 bomber. The op was using the vintage onboard gear. It's humbling to think of the transmissions that have traveled through that gear. Hap and his Eighth; "Yankee Doodle went to . . BERLIN?!" Yee-haw! Only those who were there will ever really know what it was like. Tnx agn es hpe c u ota. Take care es... Later. Dit-dit. -- Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI FISTS #9384/CC #1736 QRP ARCI #11782 w3rv |
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"Bert Craig" wrote in message ... "Barry OGrady" wrote in message ... Morse gone by the beginning of last year. Barry Sad that many folks will likely never give themselves the opportunity to bag some of that rare DX that seems to only show up on the bottom of the bands. Just bagged HZ1EX on 7013 kHz. 99.999% CW op and luvin' it. -- Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI FISTS #9384/CC #1736 QRP ARCI #11782 Know what you mean. I just received a card from the 2003 Burkina Faso DXpedition and would not have bagged it without CW. And I'm only a so-so CW op that just uses it for major contests. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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