CW Group

🌟 W5IAS CW Group — A Friendly Place to Build Your Morse Skills

Monday & Thursday CW Nights — 7.033 MHz at 7:00 PM Local If QRM creeps in, simply slide up to 7.036 MHz or anywhere clear in between .

Our CW group is growing — and that’s fantastic. To keep things moving so everyone gets a chance to make the log within the hour, we keep QSOs short and simple. Think of it as a relaxed, low‑pressure mini‑contest designed to help you get comfortable sending your callsign and making contacts on CW.

🔧 What We Exchange (The “Big 3”)

To keep the pace friendly and manageable, we stick to the essentials:

  • Callsign
  • RST
  • Name

You may add your QTH, but please keep it to state only — no full city/state combos .

If you prefer to send only callsign + signal report + state, that’s perfectly fine too. The CQ station will match your style and speed .

SKCC numbers? Sure. Totally optional and welcome .

🎯 What This CW Night Is (and Isn’t)

This is not a traditional net with complicated Q‑codes or rigid structure .

Instead, it’s simple:

  • Someone calls CQ CQ NNN looking for contacts
  • You answer
  • You exchange the basics
  • You enjoy the rhythm of CW without pressure

It’s intentionally contest‑like, but friendly and slow enough for beginners . Speeds are as slow as you need — the CQ station will come back at the speed you send your callsign. Speeds are as slow as you need..

đŸ“» Example QSO Flow

A typical exchange looks like this (short, simple, and beginner‑friendly):

CQ CQ CQ de KI5EGH KI5EGH KI5EGH K

WA5MA

WA5MA de KI5EGH GE/TU/FB — RST 5NN — Name Mike BK

KI5EGH de WA5MA GE/TU/FB — RST — Name — State BK

TU ES 73 SK EE

That’s it. Clean, quick, and confidence‑building .

👋 New to CW? You’re in the Right Place

This weekly activity is designed specifically to help new operators get comfortable sending their callsign, making contacts, and easing into contesting without pressure. It’s a welcoming environment where mistakes are expected and learning is encouraged .

🧭 Experienced CW Ops — We Need You Too

If you’re an old salt, your presence helps set the tone, demonstrate good practice, and keep the energy high. You’re part of what makes this a home‑grown, community‑driven CW activity .

📒 Logging & Tools

All contacts are logged in QRZ, which automatically uploads to LoTW .

Recommended shack tools:

  • HamRS — simple, flexible logging with ADIF export and contact maps
  • HamAlert — great for checking RBN spots and seeing how your signal is getting out during CW nights

📡 Why 40 Meters?

Two years ago we chose 40m for two reasons:

  1. Technicians in our CW class have CW privileges on 40m
  2. It’s excellent for local contacts during daylight and often stretches out nicely after the grey line passes

📈 Want to See How Busy It Is?

Monitor the Net Logger 5 WPM net to get a feel for how many operators are waiting to jump in .

💬 Have Suggestions?

We’re always improving this page and the CW group experience. Send your ideas to ki5egh@yahoo.com

 

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