Jerry sounds good and so does Bill - N7YT. Even when they were 529 or so into my QTH their 55/60 cw sounded FB. And I even copied a sentence or two from Jerry when I briefly broke in the other day.
Jerry, your shack sounds incredible...truly exciting stuff, especially the Collins S-line, and your own QSK system. I wouldn't mind seeing that schematic sometime! About the 80m loop...how high up do you have it, and also, which balanced tuner do you use? MFJ or other brand, or homebrew?
I agree 100% about the best way to practice QRQ is to actually make QSOs, but for several years it was rare for my to find people to practice with outside of roundtables, who were able to send fast with a keyboard. Now that situation actually seems to be improving.
Chuck, I'm gradually making it up to 55 wpm proficiency, though I am only just dipping my toes into the water. I don't see a plateau there or anywhere, because I generally follow the context of conversation and read whole word envelopes starting way down at 40 wpm and sometimes even at 35. In a couple years or perhaps much sooner I could be doing 80 wpm, and I actually feel quite confident about that, as long as there are people around to talk to at least a few times a week. I'm not ashamed when I miss stuff or fail to answer questions...I just keep on truckin'!
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Hi Jerry, Thanks for joining the group...
Wonder if you were a part of the "5 star" qrq group back then ?
80 wpm ! Fantastic ! Maybe we can start the 80wpm + net up again on
Saturdays ?
Your description of your QSK circuit sounds great. Maybe you can add some info on that design to our ongoing qsk post on the forums here elsewhere...
Thanks again Jerry
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Jerry sounds good and so does Bill - N7YT. Even when they were 529 or so into my QTH their 55/60 cw sounded FB. And I even copied a sentence or two from Jerry when I briefly broke in the other day.
Jerry, your shack sounds incredible...truly exciting stuff, especially the Collins S-line, and your own QSK system. I wouldn't mind seeing that schematic sometime! About the 80m loop...how high up do you have it, and also, which balanced tuner do you use? MFJ or other brand, or homebrew?
I agree 100% about the best way to practice QRQ is to actually make QSOs, but for several years it was rare for my to find people to practice with outside of roundtables, who were able to send fast with a keyboard. Now that situation actually seems to be improving.
Chuck, I'm gradually making it up to 55 wpm proficiency, though I am only just dipping my toes into the water. I don't see a plateau there or anywhere, because I generally follow the context of conversation and read whole word envelopes starting way down at 40 wpm and sometimes even at 35. In a couple years or perhaps much sooner I could be doing 80 wpm, and I actually feel quite confident about that, as long as there are people around to talk to at least a few times a week. I'm not ashamed when I miss stuff or fail to answer questions...I just keep on truckin'!
73 guys.
KI4DBK - CFO#1017
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