Join Brooks on his First CW POTA Activation!

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Thanks for watching!
73,
Thomas
K4SWL
Chapters:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:10 Brooks' CW Journey and Prep
0:08:30 On The Air!
1:52:00 Post-Activation Summary

[@IanNA4A]

Well done!

[@andrewwiggins9934]

wtg Brooks!!

[@mikemiles3068]

Good video and congrads on great POTA activation Brooks. 73 KV5P

[@PendejoRyan]

Nice work!

[@Relayer1974]

Starting the week off right with my coffee, Thomas, and Brooks!

[@chevnut712]

Good job Brooks. Gotta love those pileups ! lol WA2OUZ

[@remmington2222]

Very good Brooks. Glad i got to work you on ur first activation. 73, Dave, KQ4CW

[@W4EMB]

Great Job Brooks! What an awesome Elmer working with you. How cool. Thomas keep them coming Sir!

[@Zapruderfilm1963]

Outstanding Brooks. A huge congratulations!! 72/73 De N1XV

[@EvanK2EJT]

Awesome Brooks! It's kinda funny, because I just did my first CW POTA activation last week, and I filmed it and posted it on KZbin as well. Great minds think alike!

[@ThomasK4SWL]

That's brilliant! Please reply with a link! :)

[@EvanK2EJT]

@@ThomasK4SWL Thanks! Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3a1fGN4o6aMfrM

[@Lee-M0VKR]

Wow good job brooks!. im learing morse at the moment so hope to do that one day.

[@barrywarfield7335]

Congratulations on your first activation!

[@larrytaylor7753]

Congrats, Brook. I am yet to do my first CW activation.

[@JEFFERYPASCOE-bq2nn]

Nice work. Congrats

[@jakelarson9935]

“Just go do it” is great advice! It’s the only way.

[@JonathanKayne]

Congrats Brooks! Welcome to the CW POTA club!

[@tpresley2210]

Fantastic job Brooks! Congrats on an excellent first activation! 73 WD5GBS

[@jimspragg1165]

Great job Brooks! I'm trying to get my CW back in shape so I can start doing CW POTA activations.

[@allenshirley1077]

Loved Brooks' leg bounce around 8:50! Know the feeling! An excellent first activation Brooks, congratulations! 73 N4NN

[@ke4est]

I hope to work Brooks on the air soon! ....and you too Thomas, I have my phone set to alert me, when you are on from the RBN, but I guess Murphy is just too close most of the time. I have tried repeatedly to hear you. Either I don't or you are barely in there.

[@ThomasK4SWL]

It'll happen this year, OM! :) Thank you for hunting me!

[@curtmyersk2cwm477]

Great video, thanks

[@rabbit6914]

Great job Brooks ! Do many more :)

[@Lyndon_K]

Great job Brooks! I hope to do my first CW POTA activation soon. 73!

[@tcort]

42 contacts!?!?!?! Way to go, Brooks! You nailed it! Hope to work you on the air soon. 73, VA2NW.

[@67aztecc]

Brooks , thanks for the contact..you did great!

[@jayhvidsten8353]

Great idea for a video. I'm sure most people watching hace either been there or hope to get to their first CW activation someday.

[@mikecrockford6500]

Very impressive after such a relatively short learning period !! Big pile up and it sounded rough ! Handled it like a boss 😎

[@shanemccray4050]

Learning Morse right now. Up to 12 letters now at 5 words a minute, after two weeks.

[@W7AWE]

Brooks is my hero! I got my license in June 2022, then upgraded to General in July 2022 and now am earnestly learning CW. I can’t wait! I need to post my very first POTA SSB video to KZbin so everyone can laugh at me! Keep up the videos and this one is so inspiring. THANK YOU!!

[@shadowlab9543]

its cool to see people matched his speed, i was listening yesterday and this guy was like 50 wpm 😵‍💫

[@shadowlab9543]

great video !! i cant wait for my first activation.

[@MrGribouillage]

Excellent ! Nice job !

[@KL4TQ]

Way to go Brooks! You inspire me as I learn CW.

[@TraderTate5150]

Congrats, buddy! Awesome stuff!

[@RC-rv1mo]

I don't know why I was so nervous for your first CW POTA..you did GREAT Brooks! Congratulations! All the best, AG7UW

[@cmw69krinkle1]

Awesome job Brooks! I dig your style with the lucky nail polish. -KQ4DAP

[@n3ljs399]

CODE QUICK IS WHAT I USED TO LEARN THE CODE.......U DONT HAVE TO LEARN IT AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. AN EXAMPLE IS THE LETTER K IT IS TAUGHT AS "KANGAROO". THE LETTER D IS TAUGHT AS "DOG DID IT" AND E IS "EEK". F IS TAUGHT AS" DID I FAIL IT". SOUNDS FUNNY BUT AT ANY SPEED THEY SOUND THE SAME. THEY COME WITH FLASHCARDS. ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AND GOOD WORK BROOKS..........RIDE THE WAVE THE CONTINUOUS WAVE!

[@mariaviklund4546]

They grow up so fast ;)

[@ssmith7163]

Thanks for the inspiration. I’m working up the nerve to do my first activation. Just me, but I find I have more control and make fewer keying errors with a straight key.

[@rabbit6914]

Just go ahead and do it, and you will have a great time, whatever happens. You will make mistakes, but we all do, even Thomas (smile)

[@w2aew]

I love Kurt Zoglmann's videos - great practice.

[@Om-nom-nomigon]

Brooks absolutely killed his first POTA activation. I am not quite confident enough to give CW POTA a go yet (hopefully soon), but really appreciated watching someone else’s first go at it

[@BrekMartin]

Is all of the IC-705 case plastic? If so, how is the heat getting out of it?

[@ThomasK4SWL]

It is all plastic. It seems to be engineered so that heat really isn't an issue under normal (not in full sunlight) conditions.

[@BrekMartin]

@@ThomasK4SWL Thanks!

[@n1bsbri]

Congratulations Brooks, you did a great job on your CW activation. I did my first just this month, and Thomas's videos were an inspiration and help to me. I hope to catch you on the air sometime soon! ‐-n1bs

[@ThomasK4SWL]

Congratulations, Brian!

[@brianve7jyd943]

mornin - i had to chuckle as i started with LCWO and went to Kurts videos coupla months back and it just took off- thanks for the video - approx how many wpm was Brooks sending at - 73 VE7JYD

[@on4mgy_radioamateur]

What a great achievement ! Very good, hope to work you some day in CW 73 de ON4MGY Nic.

[@db3mi]

this is exactly one of the videos you mentioned: great to practise copy and great to see that one should just do it. tnx es 73 de db3mi, bemi. hope to be able to work you both soon.