Really enjoy your videos. As someone who is learning CW right now, I actually like the full CW conversations as it shows the rhythm of a QSO, what to send and some of the acronyms that are used. You inspire me to do more videos on TH-cam...just wish there were SOTA summits closer to me and more time in the day!
Yes an old post but just found it. I'm starting to learn CW and seeing the QSO decoded along with the received is great listening practice for me. One it's real not produced by any learning software. I get to hear the QSO language as well so the groups make sense. Thanks for sharing these experiences . Very helpful. I am visiting my daughter in Rough and Ready this June and hope to bring a small kit so I can work some contacts. If my CW is up to it may be you will hear me. Thanks for your work Greg KC1SJZ
Operating goals. Already have my mtr3b and working up my morse to get here and above. Thanks for the not boring at all opportunity to listen to these real QSOs
This is great! Thank you for taking the time to annotate this with the scrolling QSO text - I'm hearing a lot of this and picking up a lot, of the QSO (I'm still learning the code), but hearing the actual flow and how people interact in a QSO with the text to help me get it is awesome...
Here is another vote for inclusion of the contacts. I'm learning CW and the usual practice files are B-O-R-I-N-G! After a couple of minutes, my brain rebels and says "go watch cat videos" (and I hate cat videos). Listening to you actually making contacts, with the warbles and warts, is far more interesting. I also love the fact you share the mistakes as well. I know that I sometimes get a neural short-circuit and what I think I'm sending is not what I'm sending. It is encouraging that I'm not the only one who does that.
Beautiful country!!!! Good social distancing handshake! QSO's are never boring, I like seeing the stations being worked. I still waiting for a build video of that antenna! LOL Great video. 73 Juddie WD8WV
AB4PP is a great guy! I know him from my local club! Your vids are great, and you’re a real craftsman with your antenna skills. I’m glad I found your channel. Hope to catch you on the air. 73 de AK4FY
At 8:40 KD1CT makes their call and your transcription on-screen of their TX is correct and you sent KD1CT. But the transcription of your TX shows KD1GT. So glad I’m not perfect either! 👍
Great video Adam and you worked a few SOTA legends among all the other chasers. I see some of those call signs on SW3 and of course on You Tube. Cheers from stuck at home vk5cz.
Opps, looks like I missed the antenna build video. I gotta go watch it and see if that is it. I didn't get notification when that video posted, didn't get it on this one either as far as I know. It just showed up in the tons of videos when I opened TH-cam. Juddie - WD8WV
One tricky thing with TH-cam is that even if you subscrube, it doesn't always notify you of a new video. To get notified, you have to click the bell as well. 🤷♂️
Good video, what qrp rig is that? Saw you had another microphone multitasking? (Never heard an id on that one) I'm looking at getting into qrp, any suggestions?
man I should really learn morse code. Besides helping out a local amateur satellite ground station whose bread and butter is decoding CW beacons, learning morse would be really useful for when I want to get into portable HF ops
Ok, Im trying to learn CW. Im using LCWO with the Koch method. Once I get CW down and start activating I guess Ill have to learn all the short hand activators use. What are the most common short hand phrases used during a Qso ?
Awesome videos. I am only learning morse, but have a question about the QSOs. I see an "F" used in e.g. "F R R TU 73 E E" and I can't figure out what it represents. Any tips?
An "F" would simply be an error. What you may be hearing is BK which is often sent as a single character like a prosign, even though it is not. BK means either "break" or "back to you" depending on who you ask, and is often repeated by the station picking up the exchange on the other side. It's kind of like a Roger beep at the beginning and end of each transmission signifying the hand off. Necessary? Not really. A simple "K" is sufficient to indicate you're done sending, and the other station can simply just send "R R 73 E E." Sometimes we just send things because it's what the other person expects, and that just makes it easier to copy when signals are difficult
Yes, kind folks did it for me when I was new (and still do now when they're operating too fast for me). Hopefully some other ops will learn from the example and remember the next time someone comes back at a slower speed to dial back the speed and make sure the message makes it to the other end rather than just a blast of dits and dahs. I typically start by sending with bigger, farnsworth style spacing, then if necessary, I'll slow down the keyer. It takes me just a few seconds extra, and the other chasers can wait the extra seconds if they want my contact in the log.
No problem! "N" is a common abbreviation of 9 in Morse code for signal reports. It's a lot shorter and quicker than sending the full dah dah dah dah dit, but still effectively communicates the message.
It's a capacitive touch key that I built into the unit. It's a small PCB I designed based on another ham's circuit. The touch points are acorn cap nuts.
I have found the most difficult part of learning CW, is to decode what is being sent as it seems everyone sends at more than 18 wpm, especially when the signal is weak or there is QSB.
The radio is a Mountain Topper MTR3B from LNR Precision. Hopefully they will make more soon. The MTR4B is a slightly larger 4 band unit. The QCX Mini is another option, but single-band only. And finally, the Venus SW-3B is another 3 band option very similar to the MTR3B. The antenna is the EFHW that I have a build video for on this channel.
The antenna is an End Fed Halfwave with traps. Built instructions for the matching unit here: th-cam.com/video/s-_LyhdGapM/w-d-xo.html. Trap build video coming soon!
@@K6ARK Hi, would be nice to give us a link to these gadgets. I think the touch paddles are very useful as well as the SWR meter in such a small rig. 73 de Wolf, oe7ftj
Next time I'll include 3 hours of rag chew footage at 12 WPM, describing the weather, my grid square, mow many years I've been licensed, how many cats I have, and the current status of my medical conditions. I'm sure that will be entertaining to watch.
This is for SOTA and POTA outdoor radio which requires hauling gear sometimes considerable distances, setting up all kinds of antennas depending on what nature gives you and making QSOs on QRP rigs sometimes half way around the world. All this is out in the elements. Get out of the shack and give er’ a go. You might like it!
You make it look easy Adam… have you finished the mods on the MTR3b I traded you? I figure you have by now… but from the date of this video, the MTR3b you’re using must be the original…. I noticed your exchange is simple… short and sweet. I guess if you have a pileup, well, simple works the ether better. And who doesn’t love a QSO with WG0AT Steve! I loved his videos with Rooster & Peanut… Great video, 72 my friend! de W7UDT (dit dit)
The QSO's are not boring at all. listening and watching the decoding are a great help for my head copy.
I really like the full qsos, and especially appreciate the scrolling translation at the bottom. It helps me learn.
Really enjoy your videos. As someone who is learning CW right now, I actually like the full CW conversations as it shows the rhythm of a QSO, what to send and some of the acronyms that are used. You inspire me to do more videos on TH-cam...just wish there were SOTA summits closer to me and more time in the day!
Great video, I agree with the others, it not only helps us learn CW a little better, but also the cadence and format of the QSOs. Thanks and 73 KB3JC
I for one greatly enjoyed the CW QSOs. I was encouraged by how much I was able to understand. Thanks.
Yes an old post but just found it. I'm starting to learn CW and seeing the QSO decoded along with the received is great listening practice for me. One it's real not produced by any learning software. I get to hear the QSO language as well so the groups make sense. Thanks for sharing these experiences . Very helpful. I am visiting my daughter in Rough and Ready this June and hope to bring a small kit so I can work some contacts. If my CW is up to it may be you will hear me. Thanks for your work Greg KC1SJZ
Operating goals. Already have my mtr3b and working up my morse to get here and above. Thanks for the not boring at all opportunity to listen to these real QSOs
This is great! Thank you for taking the time to annotate this with the scrolling QSO text - I'm hearing a lot of this and picking up a lot, of the QSO (I'm still learning the code), but hearing the actual flow and how people interact in a QSO with the text to help me get it is awesome...
please keep including the cw QSOs, they help alot to hear real conversations
Can't get enough CW, (Morse Code for the purest) QSOs, and never boring. very inspiring. Thank you
I enjoyed the video. Thank you for including the CW, it is good practice for those of us learning.
Here is another vote for inclusion of the contacts. I'm learning CW and the usual practice files are B-O-R-I-N-G! After a couple of minutes, my brain rebels and says "go watch cat videos" (and I hate cat videos). Listening to you actually making contacts, with the warbles and warts, is far more interesting.
I also love the fact you share the mistakes as well. I know that I sometimes get a neural short-circuit and what I think I'm sending is not what I'm sending. It is encouraging that I'm not the only one who does that.
I really enjoyed this activation. Just wonderful and so many friends.
Love the video. Wish there were more "boring" videos like this to watch. Thank-you.
I'm just stepping into the CW, so the more I can hear the better! Thx!
Beautiful country!!!! Good social distancing handshake! QSO's are never boring, I like seeing the stations being worked. I still waiting for a build video of that antenna! LOL Great video. 73 Juddie WD8WV
Thanks for taking time for the new guys!
The qso is the best part of the video for the new cw ops here
This feels all too familiar regarding my stream last night :D I do prefer hearing the whole QSOs. Its like practice to me.
Great video, really like the full QSO's in it !
AB4PP is a great guy! I know him from my local club! Your vids are great, and you’re a real craftsman with your antenna skills. I’m glad I found your channel. Hope to catch you on the air. 73 de AK4FY
Muy buen vídeo, me gusta su equipo y su sistema de antena
73
I really enjoyed that hike with you guys. I could have spent another 2 hours up there chasing...
I noticed that I got closer than 6'. Sorry :(
N1CLC
subscribed to your channel!
Nice video, enjoyed from Italy
Excellent, great operating, pretty slick, enjoy your channel, de Ei2iP, Robbie
I'm learning morse code and enjoy the qso. Hearing the whole contact is something I haven't been learning, too busy copying.
It's incredibly fun and constantly a challenge. I never thought I'd learn Morse code when I became a ham, but here I am...
Lovely visit and qsos
At 8:40 KD1CT makes their call and your transcription on-screen of their TX is correct and you sent KD1CT. But the transcription of your TX shows KD1GT. So glad I’m not perfect either! 👍
Great video Adam and you worked a few SOTA legends among all the other chasers. I see some of those call signs on SW3 and of course on You Tube. Cheers from stuck at home vk5cz.
like the QSO with decoding
Great stuff… thanks for sharing. 😀
Opps, looks like I missed the antenna build video. I gotta go watch it and see if that is it. I didn't get notification when that video posted, didn't get it on this one either as far as I know. It just showed up in the tons of videos when I opened TH-cam. Juddie - WD8WV
One tricky thing with TH-cam is that even if you subscrube, it doesn't always notify you of a new video. To get notified, you have to click the bell as well. 🤷♂️
Great video. Bookmarked it so I can use it for CW practice! K8JLW
Too fast for me but I'm still learning. I think this is a great idea and I'll save this video and watch it again when I'm able to decode a bit faster.
Thanks for the video Adam, what logging app do you use?
de W2MSA
CW Jedi. IMO
I Love the short qso’s. Prefer to say hey, where I am and signal reports. 73 ee
Thanks this is a great video for practice. 73's PG8R
Good video, what qrp rig is that? Saw you had another microphone multitasking?
(Never heard an id on that one) I'm looking at getting into qrp, any suggestions?
man I should really learn morse code. Besides helping out a local amateur satellite ground station whose bread and butter is decoding CW beacons, learning morse would be really useful for when I want to get into portable HF ops
Dits and Dahs never boring
Ok, Im trying to learn CW. Im using LCWO with the Koch method. Once I get CW down and start activating I guess Ill have to learn all the short hand activators use. What are the most common short hand phrases used during a Qso ?
Awesome videos. I am only learning morse, but have a question about the QSOs. I see an "F" used in e.g. "F R R TU 73 E E" and I can't figure out what it represents. Any tips?
An "F" would simply be an error. What you may be hearing is BK which is often sent as a single character like a prosign, even though it is not. BK means either "break" or "back to you" depending on who you ask, and is often repeated by the station picking up the exchange on the other side. It's kind of like a Roger beep at the beginning and end of each transmission signifying the hand off. Necessary? Not really. A simple "K" is sufficient to indicate you're done sending, and the other station can simply just send "R R 73 E E." Sometimes we just send things because it's what the other person expects, and that just makes it easier to copy when signals are difficult
How big is the radiator you are using and for which band? Thank you - PU5IKE - Henrique - QRP HAM RADIO
I found my self following your key sounds what speed where you going?? I was able to follow you . ty I plan to learn morse 7 3
Thanks Sandra, I was running at about 20 wpm.
Never Boring needs another 15 minutes and you got Steve, how was that dull?
So kind of you, decreasing WPM when someone sending slower.
Yes, kind folks did it for me when I was new (and still do now when they're operating too fast for me). Hopefully some other ops will learn from the example and remember the next time someone comes back at a slower speed to dial back the speed and make sure the message makes it to the other end rather than just a blast of dits and dahs. I typically start by sending with bigger, farnsworth style spacing, then if necessary, I'll slow down the keyer. It takes me just a few seconds extra, and the other chasers can wait the extra seconds if they want my contact in the log.
Dang man, ur good. Is that just a bnc male to a wire?
Im new so im not sure, why are you guys not sending the full RST and only doing 5NN or like 55N?
No problem!
"N" is a common abbreviation of 9 in Morse code for signal reports. It's a lot shorter and quicker than sending the full dah dah dah dah dit, but still effectively communicates the message.
just wondering what key you used. It looks like 2 little things sticking out from the Mountain Topper?
It's a capacitive touch key that I built into the unit. It's a small PCB I designed based on another ham's circuit. The touch points are acorn cap nuts.
@@K6ARK Wonderful! Cool!
I have found the most difficult part of learning CW, is to decode what is being sent as it seems everyone sends at more than 18 wpm, especially when the signal is weak or there is QSB.
Like the cw portion best
oh my God, what is this gear? I want to go back to CW QSO... please help me I want to get the same set up
The radio is a Mountain Topper MTR3B from LNR Precision. Hopefully they will make more soon. The MTR4B is a slightly larger 4 band unit. The QCX Mini is another option, but single-band only. And finally, the Venus SW-3B is another 3 band option very similar to the MTR3B.
The antenna is the EFHW that I have a build video for on this channel.
subscribing now thank you. de KH2RP
What antenna is attached to ur mountain topper, also do cw hr in South Africa, also on my TH-cam channel. De ZS6MSW 73s
The antenna is an End Fed Halfwave with traps. Built instructions for the matching unit here: th-cam.com/video/s-_LyhdGapM/w-d-xo.html. Trap build video coming soon!
i do not have the touch paddle on my lnr mountain qrp rig. claude va2sob
It's an after-market addition, along with the SWR meter and built-in speaker. I like tinkering and modding, can you tell? 😁
@@K6ARK i am doomed
Can you point me in the right direction for the touch paddle? TU DE HI8NLO
@@K6ARK Hi, would be nice to give us a link to these gadgets. I think the touch paddles are very useful as well as the SWR meter in such a small rig. 73 de Wolf, oe7ftj
Good one :) 73 de TF2MSN
kinda empty QSO's with nothing exchanged but a signal report. Seem like a HUGE waste of time & money.
Next time I'll include 3 hours of rag chew footage at 12 WPM, describing the weather, my grid square, mow many years I've been licensed, how many cats I have, and the current status of my medical conditions. I'm sure that will be entertaining to watch.
This is for SOTA and POTA outdoor radio which requires hauling gear sometimes considerable distances, setting up all kinds of antennas depending on what nature gives you and making QSOs on QRP rigs sometimes half way around the world. All this is out in the elements. Get out of the shack and give er’ a go. You might like it!
You make it look easy Adam… have you finished the mods on the MTR3b I traded you? I figure you have by now… but from the date of this video, the MTR3b you’re using must be the original…. I noticed your exchange is simple… short and sweet. I guess if you have a pileup, well, simple works the ether better.
And who doesn’t love a QSO with WG0AT Steve! I loved his videos with Rooster & Peanut…
Great video, 72 my friend! de W7UDT (dit dit)