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I wrote a draft of this here, but got tired of searching for it, so I put it on my blog... #MorseCode #HamRadio
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I found another bunch of SWL cards from the 1950s from before my dad got his license and added them to the page:
#hamradio

10 minutes of no responses to CQ on 30m. I guess I go up to 20m.
#HamRadio #POTA

My #HamRadio adventures today were kind of tame.
I went to a park and tried to make 10 contacts, but only made 8 before an incoming storm looked like it might get too close. This wasn't a failure except by the rules of the game. 🤣
Then this evening I tried hunting the WRTC stations. This is the "…

So... it turns out that one of the downsides of using good noise-cancelling headsets to do morse code #HamRadio is that they cancel the sound of thunder as well as of heavy rain. When I finally saw the lightning, I decided to give the rest of the Slow-Speed conTest a pass this evening.
For those not familiar, this is a weekly morse code practice session where you go slow …