[FQP]QLF de W2SR

[Lee Boulineau]

I like the slower speeds - about 10-12 wpm is good for
me - I can relax a little!

73 de N4MVL

Lee

--- "Robert I. Block W2SR" <W2SR at trackdata.com> wrote:
> Many thanks to the gracious CW OPs who acknowledged
> my shaky fist.   I
> worked a bit more than a dozen Q's putting in about
> 2 hours of air time
> leisurely interspersed with working around the house
> and garden.  Condx
> were quirky, often surprisingly good to the NYC/NJ
> metro area.  If my CW
> skills were any good, I could have worked many, many
>  more.  Everybody
> gets a 599 in a contest, but in this case most of
> the signals were 599+.
> 
> I didn't hear squat on 10M, but 20M was blazing away
> crowding the
> Nebraska QP into oblivion.  15M was much weaker, but
> many signals were
> 559 and better.
> 
> One request:  Please try a QRS call (10-15 WPM)
> every now and then when
> things get slow.  If the run never stops, then, by
> all means, keep up
> the speed.   But many of the non-FL stations replied
> at moderate speeds
> and I suspect that even more would have if they
> could identify the
> calling station.    I suspect that declining sunspot
> activity means
> poorer propagation ahead.  Taking a little sizzle
> off the CQ might
> result in more Q's made in fewer retries.
> 
> And to Robbie (SK) , the prior holder of W2SR, I
> hope I'm working to
> uphold your CW legacy.
> 
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