Daily practice continues...
I try to be on air with CW as much as possible. Did make some 5NN contacts with DX stations. But would like so much to exhange more as 5NN. However I'm still unable to follow a complete transmission. I do a lot of QSO practice listening on the CWops training page with 25/15wpm. But even that can only be copied about 50%. As you can see above I train random letters/numbers with 25/18wpm, copy about 70-90% as you can see it is mostly 80-85%. My brain is just not fast enough. Some letters are easy but have some trouble with a few. I did read it is normal and according to this PDF from WZ8C it could be wise to just train the alphabet again for ICR. For ICR training I found another interesting app for Android or Iphone/Ipad users called Morse Maven. Haven't used it much yet but will do on vacation. I also tried calling CQ randomly with 15wpm. Unfortunatly the stations that come back to me have a higher speed and I'm lost in copying, it is a little discouraging. Anyway, I'm keeping up doing my daily training sessions and will persevere...
4 comments:
Hoi Bas
Heb je al eens meegeluisterd, of geprobeerd mee te doen met het Nervous Novice CW Net? Zie https://www.qrz.com/db/EI7LC (is netcontrol) voor meer info.
73, Martin - PE1EEC
Nog nooit van gehoord Martin, ik ga het eens bekijken/beluisteren. Bedankt voor de tip. 73, Bas
Hi Bas. Well done on trying to learn CW. It's a wonderful mode of communication. If you need help with running through the sort of things to expect in a CW QSO, let me know. We could set something up. Happy to help.
Well Anthony you already helped me out. Because every CW QSO is helping me a step forward. Tnx for the nice QSO on 20m today. 73, Bas
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