Pete Wildman

Profile Information:

Your Call Sign: K4MW
How many years have you been performing QRQ CW: Started progressing past 20wpm late 2024.
What speed do you like to run QRQ CW: Currently 40wpm +/- qso speed, training for word recognition at 50/60/70wpm as of April 2025.
Your favorite key, paddle or bug: 9A5N or N1KW-QSK TP1 paddle, sometimes N3ZN or others.
Your favorite cw keyboard: No keyboards, prefer a paddle, will go as fast as I can with a paddle and stop there.
Your favorite cw sending software: I'm still sending by hand.
Your Rig, Antenna and RF Power: K3/Force12 Yagi/KW
Your QSK preferences: Full @ 100w, Semi @ KW (due to amp relay)
Your favorite headphones or speakers for listening to cw: Sennheiser headphones, Mackie speakers
What has been your most effective way of training practice, to copy and send qrq cw: Fabians QRQ program and RUFZ with custom text files, mp3 files, QSOs with good ops.