Session 11, July 26 with Recording

New Characters Introduced:

L M       7


Comprehensive list of all characters covered so far:

E T A O N R I S D K Q W H C V Y U B L M     Ø 1 5 7 8 9


Comprehensive list of Prosigns, Abbreviations:

88  (hugs and kisses) 
AA (All After)
AR (end of message)
AS (wait)
BT (pause, also double dash --)
CQ (Calling anyone)
DN (down) 
ES (and)
HI  (Laughter) (never use more than 3 in a row)
HW (how)
HW? (how copy?)
K  Invitation for any station to respond.
KN ('over' to specific station)
NR (Number)
R (Roger)
RU (are you)
SK (end of QSO) SRI (sorry)
UR  (your, you're)  
VVV  (attention) VY  (very) Y (yes)

  __ underline indicates prosign where characters are run together.



Comprehensive list of Q Signals so far:
QNI  (Net Check-In Invitation.)
QRN (Static, or Natural Noise)
QRO (increase power)
QRQ (send faster)
QRS (Send Slower)
QRT (Closing Station.)
QRU (I have nothing for you, no traffic)
QRV (ready)
QSB (fading)
QSK (Break-in mode.)
QSO (A contact or a conversation)
QST ("Calling all Radio Amateurs")
QSY  (change frequency)
QTC  (messages to relay)
QTH  (Location)
QTR  (time)



Wednesday, July 24, Session 1Ø included two long practice texts.


This was not the quiz, but the first long line of text that was read back during class:
I RAISED THE ANTENNA ON THE TOWER SO THE RADIO WAVES DONT HIT THE HOUSE NEARBY


The Quiz text was:
THAT BETTER BE WHAT I NEED TO QSO WITH YOU AND YOUR BROTHER IN NEW YORK WHEN YOU VISIT




Tonight Leif WØRDE and Claude NØFMO were the featured practice QSO.

Reminder: These practice QSOs are not expected to be perfect. We aren't even 3 weeks into the course. Having a few problems is expected.

Tonight demonstrated clearly the importance of calming yourself down before sending a CQ. One of the most common mistakes a new CW operator makes is sending their own CQ faster than they are able to copy. Always keep in mind that the pace of the CQ establishes the speed at which the QSO will take place. Stations responding to a CQ should never exceed the speed of the original CQ. Therefore, the station calling CQ should send their CQ at a pace a bit slower than their the maximum morse code speed they are able to copy.

Thank You Leif for demonstrating the CQ morse speed excitement phenomenon. Of course, we all know that you did it on purpose just to help everyone in the class recognize the situation, so everyone would learn to avoid that mistake. That was very thoughtful of Leif to volunteer to demonstrate it so well for everyone.  Doing so unannounced made it sound very authentic. He's such a gentleman for helping everyone that way.

Starting with Leif's slower CQ, the text of the conversation between WØRDE and NØFMO follows:


CQ CQ CMT CQ DE WØRTIE WØRDE WØRDE K
WØRDE DE NØFMO KN
NØFMO DE WØRDE UR RST 5NN 5NN HU? KN
RRR WØRDE DE NØFMO RRR UR RST IS 5NN 5NN ALSO HW?? WØRDE DE NØFMO KN
NØFMO DE WØRDE RE T5RE AA RST KN
WØNDE DE NØFMO OK NO CPY NO CPY ??  BK TO U KN 
AT0RDE DE N0FMO OK 73 73 {shave and a haircut two bits}
N0FMO DE W0RDE 73




Note:  I incorrectly read back during class that Claude sent "5W??" when he really sent "HW??"  My apologies.




Scrabble List:

Nouns	Verbs	Other
Yaesu	radiate	I
Kenwood	rotate	and
TenTec	rotator	the
radio	receive	that
tower	transmit	a
rotor	transceive	to
rotator	vertical	know
receiver	shortwave	yeah
transceiver	beam	it
shortwave	skywatcher	so
resistor	whiskey	its
code	broadcast	what
we	years	on
he	battery	or
she	which	not
it	are	with
they	see	when
any	eat	thats
	ate	then
	do	this
	is	kind
	dont	oh
	did	one
	does	at
	know	there
	was	no
	were	now
	had	how
	work	as
	have	too
	think	into
	can	our
	Ive	and
	even	their
		thats
		those
		here
		other
		her
		where
		out
		very

Session 11, July 26 Recording

Mark,
NRØR