Morse/CW SOTA novice ?’s (Part 2)

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Continuing the discussion from Morse/CW SOTA novice ?’s (Part 1) - #100 by G4OBK.

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Continuing the discussion from Morse/CW SOTA novice ?’s (Part 1):

Definitely my case at the moment. Sending is very easy compared to receiving. But I will not fall for the trick and will not send faster than I can receive comfortably.

My radio has a CW decoder in it. I will try to not use it much but it could definitely help whenever someone would not slow down. According to my very little experience with it, It’s doing amazing job when code is sent with paddles but not so good when code is sent with straight key.

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Thanks for chasing me on Mullwharchar GM/SS-073 on Saturday. I had no problem copying your sending. I remember turning the keyer speed down to 13/14wpm as that sounded like the speed you were sending at.

Paddle sending will be nice and accurate with the timing and easy for simple decoder software to copy. Hand sent Morse requires the sender to have a degree of skill to get the timing right. My straight key sending is lacking. Decoding a straight key requires the software to accurately track the dot/dash/gaps continuously and also apply some smoothing. The result is that some decoders are better than others.

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Thank you for your comprehensive sending, you are my first SOTA CW contact :upside_down_face:

I was a bit nervous and making a few hectic moves but hey, we have to start somewhere I guess !

Your CW was perfectly decoded by my TX500 btw :wink:

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