Hi Sota Friends,
today i took the first CW Activation.
Sorry vor many wrong signs 
I will practice it.
https://sotl.as/activators/DC8YZ
Thanks for all QSOs.
73 Michael
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Yet the current crop of AM stations are closing left, right and centre as nobody listens any more and 100kW AM stations cost a fair bit in elastictrickery to run.
I bet you could get a licence now quite easily.
I do remember Caroline North as a wee child. Well I donāt remember it but I can remember my sister used to tune it in instead of the Light programme and bug my mother during the day, so I remember the words about it. It was Fab 208 at night of course. I can remember the news about the Marine Offences Act even though I was 6, my mother had my father explain many times why things were changing.
Some excellent Caroline jingles etc. on Youtube.
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Brilliant stuff Michael! Congratulations on your first activation by CW, looks like you worked a fantastic number of stations considering it was your first time to use that mode. From my memory I think I made 4 or 5 on my first before my brain cried enough, so big kudos to you! 
Hope youāre celebrating with a suitable treat this evening.
73 and well done again,
Matthew M0JSB
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Congratulations, delighted for you. Itās onward and upward now. Many more CW activations to come I hopeā¦ 73 es gl Mike
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Von mir auch die herzlichsten GlĆ¼ckwĆ¼nsche.
Frei nach Loriot: āEin Leben ohne Sota (in Telegrafie) ist mƶglich, aber sinnlos!ā
73 Chris
My heartiest congratulations too. Loosely based on Loriot*):
āLife without Sota (in telegraphy) is possible, but pointless!ā
*) Probably the best-known German caricaturist
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65 QSOs over two+ hours is a very impressive first activation!
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Well done, Michael and thanks for the S2S!
Keep up the good work 
73, Roman
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Yesterday, while chasing, I did hear S2S being sent. I think the activator was a little confused at first, but did realise what it meant and they had a good S2S. But /P is still much more common in Europe.
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Lots of great tips in this thread. GL on your first CW activation. It doesnāt have to be pretty. Consider putting something like āFirst CW SOTA Big Spaces PSE Send Call 2xā in the notes on your spot.
Hereās a video from my first Morse activation: https://youtu.be/eSxHijUioyU?t=393
As you can see it was very messy. I had to ask for repeats over and over to get K7III. A big part of getting better on the air is confidence in what you are hearing is what you think it is. That comes with practice. Have fun! 73 de Tim N7KOM
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Thanks Tom, it is really good to read this.
I watched Ben @GW4BML make such rapid progress with a just do it approach. His enthusiasm is contagious and Iāve given it a go. I am finding it hard work but am sticking with my daily CW practice. It can be embarrassing when you just canāt hear that chaser callsign and then find that your brain is so tired that you have lost the ability to key. Encouragement is much appreciated.
73 Kevin
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Your progress has shown over the past few weeks to Mr Nicholls @MW0KXN 
keep it up!
73, GW4BML. Ben
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This is so true and still catches me out to this day. When Iām struggling to read an incoming CW callsign, and requesting several repeats, it nearly always ends up being what I instinctively thought it was (but didnāt trust myself) in the first place!
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I have found CW ops to be the most forgiving and encouraging hams in the hobby. As a new cw op, you will get lots of leeway to operate in.
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