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You’re correct according to my error report 😂

Yes ! I rxed my error report from Cq wpx and my error rate was 6%. With most of them being busted numbers. Mainly 2,3 and 6,7s. I’ve struggled with this for years now. I don’t think Morse runner has an accurate run for practicing numbers. It always starts at 1. I need practice with 4 digit numbers with some cut numbers thrown in. 😂 maybe rufXP would work better for that. Sending with good paddles help a bit but my number is 3239. I always screw that up man. Let me know if you find a better training method for numbers.

@@nul153 yeah I got my error report yesterday. Haha I use software called OBS studio. I use a mono to mono from the external speaker Jack to the computer.

@@JayN4GO Thank you, Jay! Do you use the microphone jack as internal one in your computer?

@@nul153yes

@@u2fanforever1 yeah more of a lazy L. It works ok. I found it to work better with the unun about 12-15ft above ground and obviously the radiator higher. The 40m delta loop is about 4 s units better on 40. The L does well on 20 and 15. 80 is mediocre at best as well as 10. Oddly this antenna works well on 30 and 17. Overall a fan dipole would be better if you can fit it in.

Sorry we flubbed your call for a bit hehe. Hope you had fun

@@JayN4GO I think it was me that flubbed my call, so my bad. I remember thinking I often make errors with people I know, strangers get FOC quality code all the time. FD was great, over 500 Qs by myself from my boat at anchor.

Thanks Sean. Hope you guys are staying cool

Well you know about fd. People’s plans change 5 times a day 😂

Thank you Andre ! Wish we could sneak you on the roof at 11pm 😆 they might wonder what the noise is all about

Thanks Paul ! You’re doing great in Cw

What antenna do you use Steve

@@JayN4GO For 40m its not very good its the Diamond W735 Long Wire Dipole for 40 and 80. The center is only at about 40 feet, one end is at about 6 feet and the the other end is at about 15 feet or so. And I run only 100w. I think that is as good as I can ever do here for 40m, I have a regular 50' X100' lot here in the suburbs. 80m is really not good at all, but it does tune.

Yes! We need a button for heated seats though 😂

⁠@@JayN4GOBTW, you were my second-ever CWT contact tonight. Right after N5EE, who has the greatest callsign in the history of CW. I was surprised my name and state popped up even though I don’t remember ever working a CWT before. But maybe those history files borrow from other contests…

@@JohnMcCoy glad to see you’re enjoying cwts. They’re a lot of fun

Definitely my favorite wire antenna. Mine now has 2 corners at 40’ fed at the top corner. About 4-6s units better than the efhw. Wish I had taller trees for sure.

🤣 woops!!

@@JayN4GO that Y call sign started to drop his call in there right when you said K? He was like right at the same frequency as me.

@@k9kj yeah Sri brother

I have a special made ext speaker but I prefer headphones for sure. It helps a ton with accuracy! For some reason when I record and use cans at the same time ,, the audio is poor. I don’t have those issues with the k3. I opted with n4qs multi one during this contest. This was my part time effort with a new antenna. 😎

I feel like I’m losing some! Haha. The beam did do well. I did get worried during the high wind storms

@@JayN4GO I thought about you as the winds roared through Louisville, I said "Oh no. Hope Jay's tower and antenna hold up." Glad things worked out.

@@n4jaw good ol KY Wx. It may be snow next week brother 🤣

@@JayN4GO 🤣🤣

That’s great Erik ! Hope you stick with it.

Thanks !

Kurt is a great person. He’s helped me a lot over the years I remember when I was first learning Cw , I made a video and I was completely overwhelmed with speed. I slowly started to learn faster code but I rarely need over 30 in a contest.

I enjoy it. It brings people that want to understand the exchange 😂

Thank you Johnson! I hope it stays up. We’re getting 80mph wind 😂

@@JayN4GO See you on air. 73

@@JayN4GO See you on air. 73

Thanks Andre ! The tornados killed our power for about 6 hours 🙁

Hi Don! Yeah I agree! Tower work is a lot of work. Very difficult to do alone which is a huge downside. This one is only 40ft but I hope to have a 70ft one day if I can find some land like you have. Or perhaps just use the tall trees and wire. Looks like baseball season for you! I hope you get some wpx in this weekend. :)

Thank you Jim! Nicest guy on earth. Man I turned the rotor 360 degrees this evening and the swr dropped on the 6m yagi. Maybe we’ll get some E soon. It’s few n far between for us in our grid locations:)

@@JayN4GO You are sop right about 6m E signals. A couple of weeks ago I set up my Buddipole Two Element Yagi for 6 m and almost jumped out of my skin when I heard a beacon in Florida. Starting sending CQ for 5 minutes but never gone a reply. That's the way the MJAIC BAND works.

What a pleasant surprise to meet you here! Coming straight away to your channel! 73 de Jon, VU2JO.

That’s 💯 true! I need to use this reference a lot more

Hi Lance! Thanks brother. We’ll see how wpx goes this weekend :)

Yeah I’m assuming it’s probably the feed point at the 6m match. I don’t think it’s interaction either. Yes , I had a local dxer warn me about the yaesu mast clamps. He only runs t2x on 3 towers. They are made of steel back before everything went Taiwanese. Haha

@@JayN4GO 6m is a rather forgiving band vis-a-vis antennas, so surprised there's an issue with it. I agree that it's likely not interaction. That said, did you check it with an antenna analyzer first? Otherwise, glad it was you and not me installing the C3...I couldn't have done it. 73! de WX0V

@@SuburbanDXing thanks man! So there’s a short somewhere on the 6m yagi. I always check the antennas with an analyzer. Today I kept the coax in the analyzer and spun the rotor and the swr dropped to 1.4. Gladly it’s to the west. Where I need grids. It does bounce back up to 6 when beaming se-east. I paid a tower monkey to do this for me. It wasn’t cheap for sure but our clubs have no tower guys. Hope you’re doing ok! Enjoying these wonderful band condx? 😆

@@JayN4GO Of course...the Greatest Cycle Ever!

Thank you Steve. Will you be at field day this year ?

@@JayN4GO Yes I will spend some time at CW stations

@@stevej5905hope to see you there

Thanks man! Yeah it’s a pita bc the big triband will have to slide up to reach that. 6m has always been cursed for me. Haha

Very cool! Just got the c3 up today. Very impressive beam! It’s getting hard to find the c3 here but such a solid performer even at 40ft or so. The forward gain and lobes are a bit sharper than the Mosley 33. I was reading your qrz page while listening to you. Our passion for Cw is same. Thank you for the qso Mario and hope to chat with you agn soon. 73

@@JayN4GO Hello dearest Jay! Even though the concept wasn’t new, "Force 12" was a pioneer commercially with these antennas. You made a great deal and will surely have many satisfactions. Recently, I've been having a lot of fun with the POTA program, both as an activator and a hunter. It's only been a few weeks, but it has rekindled my enthusiasm for portable activities. Best regards and talk to you soon. I’ve subscribed to your channel so I can see your upcoming videos right away. 73s Mario IK1LBL

@@ik1lbl what times utc do you like to operate pota? I’ll look for your spots

@@JayN4GOhi Jay, until now I have do 9 activation, usually all them between 9:30 to 15:30 UTC.. if I'm not busy, next week end I try to activate some parks here on my area but I always decide at the very last time.. I really hope to meet you, until now I don't have any outside Europe QSO in my activation...

Sorry about that. Didn’t miss much. I think I cursed the whole time lol

So glad to hear you Pat ! You always have a great signal. I’m not sure what antenna setup you have but you must be in my path somehow. Last night was unique. There was a tornado on the ground about 8 miles south. The noise was very abnormal

Glad you got on Steve ! Rough copy due to the lightning and tornado about 8 miles south.

Absolutely! I still get L and r mixed up at high speed they sound so similar

@@JayN4GO For some reason L (Los ANgeles) really stands out to me.

Thanks Scott. I missed some very obvious ones in this one. Bands were pretty bad compared to last week. I noticed everyone was going slower than usual. There is a hint of latency but not really noticeable. Looks like the release of k4 software and k4-0 May fix a lot of this. I’m sure it’ll be with a healthy price. The software only looks pretty promising with the pan and full control. The 0700 cwt on 20m is fun at Dave’s site. Easy eu. Not quite rr quite but ok for a Mosley at 60ft. I have ghc software minimized in the background. It allows to turn the beam and 4 square verticals on 80m.

Sorry I just saw this Bart. I find running a negative 50 shift also helps a lot

For sure brother

Sure Mary ! There are several pieces of radio gear needed first. I’m using the rrc 1258m2 twins that mate with the k3-0 which is just the head unit.

Thanks man! Yeah I’m a bit nervous about it riding up as well. Lots of bouncing going on there. Yeah I meant to hold the phone sideways but didn’t want to get penitrox on my screen. That stuff has been on me for a week. Better than fiberglass I guess!

@@JayN4GO Yep...that shit is pure evil, but, it's a must on antennas and metal hardware...73!

Great question Paul ! Yes I have a buffer between them. I forgot to mention that.

I don’t think so. I did add the speed to the exchange on my end. Guess I need to slow it down. I can’t type as fast as some of these guys.

Great question Rene. Long story short is yes I’m sure I miss a lot. I work around 30wpm in contests. 24 in the mst on Mondays. I think it’s foolish of me to assume people are using spotting assistance during every cwt. I think the average speed for cwts are 33-37. I’d like to hear your thoughts on it as well. Do you think most people run to fast ? Thanks

Well, it's too fast for me. I guess that if I would hear you cq'ing at this speed I would pass. Or maybe if I really wanted to work you I'd need to hear you call three or four times before I copied everything. :) So I think I would not be the only one. 30wpm would be ok for me. Lots of stations in the bigger contests work at 35+wpm too. I always wonder if that really pays off in qso numbers.

I did. Couldn’t pass up filming these young guys. The boss was staying back watching them.

@@JayN4GO Good stuff - keep at it 👍

@@Hogdriver88 so windy lately. 40mph today

It’s no problem Mary! Glad to get you twice. Double the fun :)

Thank you Steve. Yeah I enjoy ragchew at 25. I have to practice at 40 to be decent at 30 if that makes any sense. I try to practice about 30 minutes a night 6 days a week. I still hear a call and get a blank. I think time in the chair helps more than anything. I expected instant results but it took many years to catch on. One day I’ll be a good Cw op.