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Qrq cw qso via an internet remote keyed rig using all free software

Using the following free software, I was able to use my laptop and mouse to send iambic cw and FLdigi qrq to an internet remote controlled icom 735:

1, Fldigi…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 27, 2012 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Good website to practice qrq speed typing of the most common English words

This is a fun qrq typing high speed online free game with scoring etc...

very good for testing your qrq typing speed and discovering which of the most common English words you might need some more practice with for typing speed and typing accuracy in general

- and you just type the word, no punctuation is used on any of the words -…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on December 31, 2011 at 8:14am — 1 Comment

QRQcw member ha7ap, Imre Forro, demonstrates superb skills of qrq sending with his I1QOD dual lever magnetic paddle

http://youtu.be/ROt9hdvacG8

Added by Chuck aa0hw on May 31, 2011 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

Good presentation of the CW MACHINE by Bengali

FROM:…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on May 29, 2011 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

Nice article about the inventor of the MERCURY PADDLE - Steven Nurkiewicz - N2DAN(sk)

Interesting article about the creator of the MERCURY PADDLE

- N2DAN(sk) Steven Nurkiewicz,

HERE…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on April 18, 2011 at 6:29am — 2 Comments

MODIFYING THE W3NQN PASSIVE CW AUDIO FILTER TO INTERFACE WITH YOUR COMPUTER'S SOUND CARD

MODIFYING THE W3NQN PASSIVE CW AUDIO FILTER TO INTERFACE WITH YOUR COMPUTER'S SOUND CARD ARTICLE IS HERE

ED, W3NQN. has made a special price offer to sell just the w3nqn parts for this project at ($23 postpaid)

to anyone interested in building this…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on March 9, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Here is a "live" video of what an iCW NET is like

LINK TO THIS VIDEO IS HERE

Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 25, 2011 at 5:42pm — No Comments

FLdigi: interview with its creator, DAVE FREESE, W1HKJ

The creator of FLdigi, Dave Freese, w1hkj,

was recently interviewed on the LINUX IN THE HAM SHACK podcast.…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 25, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

CW HEADPHONE AMP

Added by Chuck aa0hw on February 13, 2011 at 9:35am — No Comments

Weight and dash to dot ratio settings for qrq cw copy: what settings are preferred by the majority vote

A recent poll was taken on the front page of QRQcw asking the question by one of our members, Rick, VE3MFN:

"I'm wondering what the consensus is on weight adjustment as one gets over 50 wpm"

4 cw audio mp3 files were made using FLdigi with each file sending cw at 75 wpm at 5.5 ms rise/fall time using Hanning Raised Cosine edges. Each file had a small change in dash/dot ratio…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 20, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Don't let your radio hurt your DNA and make you sick: Scientist at Columbia University explains...

Commonwealth Club 11-18-10. Panel II – Martin Blank, PhD from ElectromagneticHealth.Org on…

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Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 4, 2011 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Samuel Morse: the Telegraph Milestones in Science & Engineering(15 minute video from HULU.COM)

Added by Chuck aa0hw on January 3, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

MorsePal: A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO HELPING CW OPS WORLDWIDE TO MEET AND QSO

Just found this site this week and wanted to share with everyone.

Here is the link: MorsePal

Added by Chuck aa0hw on November 11, 2010 at 2:50pm — No Comments

SCIENCE PROVES THAT MORSE CODE INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF NEURONS IN YOUR BRAIN

Added by Chuck aa0hw on September 2, 2010 at 6:08pm — No Comments

IS THE DASKEYBOARD THE ULTIMATE QRQ CW KEYBOARD ? The winner of THE ULTIMATE TYPING CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 (163 wpm) says YES !

" The Das Keyboard compares to the legendary IBM Model M. Its best-in-class, mechanical, gold-plated key switches provide a tactile and audio click that makes typing a joy. "…