[bars] 40m on Fire!

[Juan Jiménez]

They usually stick to the edges of the bands.

What i find interesting is that sunspots and other mild events are good for
ham radio, but flares are not. I finally understand why.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 11:54 Jim Idelson <jim at k1ir.com> wrote:

> Almost certainly a CWOps weekly event, as Ken mentions. But, I would also
> note that these events also welcome lots of ops who are new to CW. In
> between, and calling into, the rapid-fire hotshots are all the guys trying
> out their newly-acquired skills at slower speeds.
>
> --
> 73 Jim K1IR CWOps #73
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 10:54 KEN CARUSO via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> There is a good chance you were hearing the CWOps guys. They are the
>> speed demons of CW and hold weekly (Wednesday) 1 hour tests / 3 times a day.
>>
>> See: https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Ken - WO1N
>>
>> On 12/04/2024 10:23 PM EST Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I often check in on the CW portion of 40m in the evenings to get a little
>> practice copying.  This evening it was ON FIRE!  See the attached screen
>> shot.  It was packed from 7.020 to 7.050.  All very fast; everyone seemed
>> to be easily north of 20 WPM. I checked for contests but couldn't find one
>> that explained it.  Anyone know what that was about?
>>
>> Chris W2BPL
>>
>>
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