Steve Steltzer

Male

Paducah, KY

United States

Profile Information:

Your Call Sign: WF3T
How many years have you been performing QRQ CW: 25
What speed do you like to run QRQ CW: 50 to 65
Your favorite key, paddle or bug: TP1 touch paddle
Your favorite cw keyboard: I use a program I wrote to send from a PC to K3NG, Winkey, or W5UXH keyers.
Your favorite cw sending software: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcomms4/
Your Rig, Antenna and RF Power: FTDX101D, K3S, KPA1500 to dipoles in the trees.
Your QSK preferences: QRQ+ on the K3S, but on the FTDX101 I use semi with a 30ms delay. That still allows me to hear between words, but greatly reduces the wear and tear on the relays.
Your favorite headphones or speakers for listening to cw: Stellar Labs
What has been your most effective way of training practice, to copy and send qrq cw: Operating mobile for many years, listening to files, and the 1k hours of testing I did writing my program :-)