<div dir="auto">They usually stick to the edges of the bands. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What i find interesting is that sunspots and other mild events are good for ham radio, but flares are not. I finally understand why. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 11:54 Jim Idelson <<a href="mailto:jim@k1ir.com">jim@k1ir.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--<br>73 Jim K1IR CWOps #73</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 10:54 KEN CARUSO via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">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.</span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">See: <a href="https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/</a></span>
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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?
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