Stephanie, Outstanding! I always love to hear someone who has made that 1st CW contact and is ready for more. At age 15 I made my 1st CW QSO. That was almost 50 years ago. I've never tired of CW. In fact I usually have to hunt down my Heil headset for a SSB contest. I've had a K1 for a little over a year and closing in on 200 countries. Thats with a ground mounted vertical antenna and about 5 watts out of the K1-4. Started with a K1-2. Work those weak ones on 40 late at night. Sometimes the de is followed by a VR2, a 3W or some other good DX. But be sure to make one QSO per day (ragchew) to improve your speed...Have fun and welcome to CW... 73, Art W6KY www.w6ky.com
--- Stephanie Maks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's been a month since I got my K1, and I finally > overcame my 'key- > shyness' and resonded to a CQ. > > My morse skills are still pretty bad, but the CQ (on > 40 Meters) was > slow enough that I was pretty confident. VE2DPO in > Quebec was my > first CW contact in almost 8 years -- and only my > second CW contact > ever! Also, the first new entry in my logbook > since 2001. And the > first QRP entry. > > I'm just running 2 watts into a 95 foot wire that's > dangling between > some trees in my backyard, and keying the rig for > now with just a > little spst momentary switch at the end of some wire > because I can't > find my real key (last seen before my last move). > > I know it's nothing, no big deal. But it got me > excited. > > 73 de Stephanie > va3uxb > K1 #02132 > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
