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Actually, I did learn with letter groups. I learned 5 letters at a time. Yes, they created little words but mostly just random groups of those 5 letters. Gradually there were more letters added in groups of 5 and there were more words, but the random groups continued. Then there were the ARRL practice sessions. Text was from various issues of QST but each session ended with groups from the Tube Tables which amounted to random groups. These consisted mostly of numbers with a letter or two stuck in the middle somewhere.
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Not particularly overwhelmed. I’m almost all of my operating is CW with a very rare op on SSB. Everything else is “that other stuff”.
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Hello Jim.
Does this site have any facility to send a private message to another member?
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Straight Key Night doesn’t seem to be a contest. Yes, we may compare our contact counts, but it’s not like Field Day where there are “points”. For me, Field Day iis a chance to do it outside.
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I see your point and I think you are right. However, it might be a good idea to rename it to include some indication comments should have some relation to ham radio. Perhaps “Other ham radio stuff”
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I lived my entire life in New Jersey, but when my XYL got a job with the feds in DC, we moved to Virginia. One of the first things I did get on the local repeater. I met Frank, AA4ZS (SK) who held court during AM and PM commuter hours. WOW!!!!! INSTANT FRIENDS!!!!!. Gradually, as his health failed, he dropped the AM sessions but still operated the PM sessions. They were always a big party. He also ran a slow speed CW round table on 80 meters where I checked in every Saturday and Sunday morning. He also participated in a sideband round table half an hour after the CW session. I didn’t participat in the SSB session because I could only hear Frank and he was the only one who could hear me.
One Saturday, he and I were the only participants in the CW session. We signed off, saying we would meet again the next morning. On Sunday, Frank wasn’t there. This was rare but not unheard of; he had been in the hospital from time to time or, perhaps, wanted to sleep in. So I tried calling the CW round table as I had done in his absence in the past. No one joined in so I went for breakfast. On Monday, I expected him to be on in the PM rush hour but he wasn’t there. I figured he must have been in the hospital. On Tuesday, there were a number so stations on during the PM drive time and I asked about Frank. That’s when I found that he had died between the time he signed off the CW round table and the beginning of the SSB round table. I really miss him. He was very knowledgeable about many subjects and always a gentleman.
After that, I took over the CW roundtable which, since life seems to get in the way constantly, is pretty much all of my HF hamming.
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You mention 10 and 15 meters. Let’s not forget about 80 meters for techs interested in CW. 3.525 to 3.600 segment is available to techs for CW and we hold a slow speed CW round table every Saturday and Sunday morning at 0730 Eastern Time (1230 GMT) on 3.565 MHz for people learning CW or dusting off the cobwebs. We will go as slowly as necessary for you to feel comfortable. It’s a safe place to get your feet wet with no judgment about your abilities. If you feel we are going a little to fast for you, jump in and tell us; we will slow down.
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Hello Jim. It’s been quite a while. What is the status of the CW contest that you mentioned?