[bars] 40m on Fire!

[Christopher Lennon]

Yep looking back at the time, between 3 and 4 Zulu.  There was a CWops
event then.

Thanks for the encouragement from those who gave it.  I have been working
at CW for a bit over a year and I am making real progress.
Sent from my phone.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 12:58 PM Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:

> 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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