Hey Craig, Thank you for the comment. Yes, I would recommend the LICW <https://longislandcwclub.org/>. It has become routine for me to join a few of the classes weekly and see many of the same friendly faces from all around the US & the world.
In the classes, we practice CW QSO protocol, copying callsigns, sending & copying jokes on CW, all in a laid back atmosphere with no pressure. So practicing becomes part one’s routine, sorta like the old TV show “Cheers” where “everybody knows your name”. Hope that helps. 73, Stephen (W2WF) > On Oct 10, 2023, at 12:28 PM, Craig Coussens via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > Looking at joining the LICW as well Stephen, would you recommend them? I have > zero CW experience… Your field pack looks great! Thanks, Craig / K8CPC > > From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Flowers via BVARC > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 11:48 AM > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> > Cc: Stephen Flowers <s.c.flow...@comcast.net>; Kori Rahman > <kori...@gmail.com>; AMorones Morones <w5li...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [BVARC] CW POTA at Huntsville State Park > > Colleagues, > Good morning. Thought I’d share the video of this past Sunday’s CW POTA > activation at Huntsville State Park. It was a beautiful day to get out and > we did, north from downtown on I-45 for about 1 hr to the park. > > I’m relatively new to CW but thanks to the Long Island CW Club (LICW) I’m now > activating parks in the POTA program in CW routinely. I’m using the (tr)uSDX > transceiver at ˜6W and the EFHW antenna that we built during this past BVARC > Field Day class. Thanks to Anthony Morones for procuring all the parts for > the EFHW kit that all the students and I used. Also, thanks to Kori for > asking me to teach the EFHW build class, I had a great time. Seeing folks > soldering electronic connections for the first time, and doing a good job at > it, was gratifying to say the least. > > The CW key was 3D printed by our colleague David N0LUV. It worked > flawlessly, though my CW is still a work in progress. :) > > Anyway, hope that this video is interesting to you: > <image001.jpg> > (tr)uSDX CW POTA in Huntsville State Park - K-3019 > <https://youtu.be/egEna00sEy4?si=ZHZG5b8rXj7peT2H> > youtu.be <https://youtu.be/egEna00sEy4?si=ZHZG5b8rXj7peT2H> > > Enjoy our great hobby! > > 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
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