Session 2Ø, August 12 with Recording

Congratulations to David, KØDZX on his first HF CW QSO!

The first of many more to come, I'm sure.

It was great to hear his description of the event.

On a side note, check out David's impressive eclipse photo on his QRZ page.

David mentions the Straight Key Century Club:  https://www.skccgroup.com/
and the SKCC Sked page:  https://sked.skccgroup.com/

The best way to improve your morse code skills is to USE them.  Listening on HF radio is great practice to prepare for making contacts, but getting on the air and actually making them is even better still.  That is why the goal of this course is to get each of you on the air making contacts.  There is no better way to train and improve your skills.
Use your courage to test your limits.  The best CW operators constantly push themselves to improve.  Not just in speed, but in accuracy.  The ability to copy information correctly the first time is incredibly valuable.
Skilled CW operators will test their limits on a regular basis, and intentionally put themselves on the edge of being able to copy.  That is where improvement comes from.  The more repetitions you get at a speed that you can just barely cope with, the more comfortable and accurate you will become.  Before long you will be going even faster and doing it all over again.  Put yourself in that mindset where pushing your limits is part of the fun, because it is! 


Session 2Ø, August 12 Recording


Mark,
NRØR