QRP POTA in the rain with my QMX at Camp Nelson!

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Kentucky Fried Ham

Күн бұрын

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@Taylor-KY3G 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the QSO and I was glad to get you in the log. You are officially my 7th CW contact.

@KYFriedHam 6 ай бұрын

Great to get you in the log! You have a good fist. You'll be activating in no time!

@dugbohamradio 5 ай бұрын

😂 QMX running naked , time for clothes. Funny 😂. Nice to see the QMX back on the air !!!

@KYFriedHam 5 ай бұрын

It's a fun little rig and never fails to impress!

@SteveHacker 4 ай бұрын

Beginner CW question (not good enough to get on the air yet, and I’m super slow still): I thought it was good operating procedure to slow down to match the speed of the contact. Am I wrong about that? So when those contacts came through that were so much slower, it wouldn’t have been more polite to match their speed? Thanks in advance for the info…

@KYFriedHam 4 ай бұрын

First of all, I'd say if you know all your characters, get on the air! The best way to improve is to be on the air and groups like the SKCC have ops who focus on working people down to 5 WPM. Second, yes it is ideal to match the calling stations speed which I always try to do. However on some radios it isn't fast or easy to change the keyer speed, so you can just add more spacing between characters. If I didn't do that it's likely because I'm a relatively new CW op myself and it takes all my brain power to make a contact lol. Also if you don't understand what was sent and the operator doesn't slow down, you can always send QRS which means send slower. Hope to catch you on the air someday soon!

@Utahforrest 6 ай бұрын

I did a POTA activation recently and the second the rain started I stopped cause I was too afraid of damaging my homebrew QMX 😂

@KYFriedHam 5 ай бұрын

😂 If it had rained any harder, I would have gotten in the car, but I was able to cover it with my hand to protect it. I finally had time to work on a 3d printed case design today and it's printing now, so next time I use it hopefully it will have some protection. Unless I can't resist the temptation to go out today!!