By David, on August 9th, 2010%
Another off-topic post to the Elecraft reflector … sage advice on how to really learn CW. Too good to pass up, I wanted to capture it for my reference, and thought you’d like to see it too.
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As a long time high speed CW op, let me pass on an few of what I feel are the keys to learning to receive effortlessly at QRQ levels. The goal is to get to the point where listening to CW is exactly like listening to a conversation; that is, there is no conscious translation from dits and dahs into letters, words, and ultimately, phrases.
The first thing do to do . . .
To read the rest of this article, please click here: → Learning CW Tips
By David, on August 8th, 2010%
I follow the Elecraft email reflector — I find it to be a very good source of information. Yes, it’s mostly Elecraft equipment related, but every once in a while these guys go a little off-topic and manage to share some really good information of general interest.
Recently, such an off topic thread occurred. From it, a number of very good tips regarding CW operation came forth. One of the other reflector followers created this brief compilation. I’m including it here because I will no doubt refer to it many times in the future. Perhaps you’ll find it of value as well.
Enjoy!
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Hi All,
Below is a . . .
To read the rest of this article, please click here: → CW Tips Compilation
By David, on February 8th, 2009%
CW Skimmer is a specific piece of software, created by Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA. It receives and decodes all CW signals in a given receiver passband (typically 3KHz). Below is a screenshot of what it looks like, taken from the website http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer:
It provides a waterfall display as it decodes the signals. It can decode up to 700 signals simultaneously if one’s computer has the horsepower to support that. As seen above, it finds the callsigns from each of the signals and labels each signal appropriately for easy recognition by the operator.
It can be used with traditional tranceivers or receivers, or with software defined radios. It . . .
To read the rest of this article, please click here: → What is a CW Skimmer?
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