A few questions on CW

[N4MJG]

I need to get back into CW my self abit rusty right now plus HF is down for now may have to do 5 watts for  right now my trees are too close for 10 to 80 meters the wires is touching the trees make my swr goes nuts might have to go with vert.

How far apart are the trees?

73 de Jim, N2EY

i have to find out  how many ft is that ! but i  know they are too close and i dunno if i have room invert vee or loop or  not

i have to let ya know tommorrow when i get off from work ! and keep ya in posted.but i can tell you it a very small lot !! we are waiting good weather for those guy come up and trim up abit out  backyard ! plus i don't remember the size lot is! like i said have to find out for you !!

73
Jackie
N4MJG

[W5ESE]

First, read this, if you haven't already. Better yet, print it out:

http://users.ohiohills.com/gordon/novacnt.html

But it's sooo much better with the pictures!

Print it out again. 

http://sites.google.com/site/arsw5ese/home/wn5rmq/Accent.pdf

73
Scott W5ESE

[N3QE]

I think the reason you're not finding much fun on 2m is that many hams that hang out on that band rrreeaaalllyyy aren't into radio that much.

Very true. Most hams that are into CW use the repeaters either on the road, to transact club business/comms, etc. The repeater crowd being not really into ham radio as such is probably a hangover from the days when the Technician Class License holders were pretty much restricted to 144MHz and up.

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I think you're being a little too heavy-handed there.

I would say "the VHF repeater crowd is not really into ham radio in the same way as the HF CW ops, or the EME DX'ers, or the Emcom guys".

There's a lot of different ways to be into ham radio.

Tim.

[NT0A]

I think you're being a little too heavy-handed there. I would say "the VHF repeater crowd is not really into ham radio in the same way as the HF CW ops, or the EME DX'ers, or the Emcom guys". There's a lot of different ways to be into ham radio.

Agreed. Good points.

[N4MJG]

I need to get back into CW my self abit rusty right now plus HF is down for now may have to do 5 watts for  right now my trees are too close for 10 to 80 meters the wires is touching the trees make my swr goes nuts might have to go with vert.

How far apart are the trees?

73 de Jim, N2EY

i have to find out  how many ft is that ! but i  know they are too close and i dunno if i have room invert vee or loop or  not

i have to let ya know tommorrow when i get off from work ! and keep ya in posted.but i can tell you it a very small lot !! we are waiting good weather for those guy come up and trim up abit out  backyard ! plus i don't remember the size lot is! like i said have to find out for you !!

73
Jackie
N4MJG

here what i come up with 28 at front and backyard 67 took step i dunno if that helps or not!

73
Jackie
N4MJG

[N2EY]

I need to get back into CW my self abit rusty right now plus HF is down for now may have to do 5 watts for  right now my trees are too close for 10 to 80 meters the wires is touching the trees make my swr goes nuts might have to go with vert.

How far apart are the trees?

73 de Jim, N2EY

i have to find out  how many ft is that ! but i  know they are too close and i dunno if i have room invert vee or loop or  not

i have to let ya know tommorrow when i get off from work ! and keep ya in posted.but i can tell you it a very small lot !! we are waiting good weather for those guy come up and trim up abit out  backyard ! plus i don't remember the size lot is! like i said have to find out for you !!

73
Jackie
N4MJG

here what i come up with 28 at front and backyard 67 took step i dunno if that helps or not!

73
Jackie
N4MJG

How many feet apart are the trees?

73 de Jim, N2EY

[N3JIY]

Thank you, Jim, for sharing the tips of
the late Keith S. Williams, W6DTY.
Are the prosigns and abbreviations he listed in
(1) still widely used?

[N2EY]

Thank you, Jim, for sharing the tips of
the late Keith S. Williams, W6DTY.

You're welcome.

Are the prosigns and abbreviations he listed in
(1) still widely used?

Yes - those and a lot more.

73 de jim, N2EY