On Nov 13, 11:46 am, James Barrett wrote:
Hi, I'm learning CW, and so far have not been able to tune in the Arrl
practice frequencies. I have only a 10 meter wire antenna, and I'm
wondering if there is anyone here from the southern New England area
that knows CW that wouldn't mind some practice on the 10 meter tech
sub-band. Fair warning, I'm not up to 5 wpm yet.
I am usually on the air around 7pm.

My suggestion is to forget 10M, FM and VHF and get yourself some sort
of HF radio which can directly tunes the 80M W1AW code practice
sessions which should really boom your neighborhood. They're out there
for much less than the cost of another HT. This one is only a hundred
bucks brand new:

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/produc...odid=MFJ-9380K.

And you could use it to run CW on 80 after you've become a General and
if you haven't been there yet it'll also introduce you to the
wonderful world of ham radio solder smoke. Another affordable route to
HF gear is the vast used equipment market.

I can vouch for the effectiveness of the 80M W1AW code practice
sessions which took me from zip to 25WPM and beyond "back when".

Jim

Brian w3rv