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Excited to have a QRP radio with an SWR in it! We actually have a QMX 12V unit ordered and it has shipped. Hope to get it soon!!! 73, Becky es Mike

@ yes I built a QMX plus (my QMX ITTY BITTY one … 💀 ) Great rig…. 73

Thankfully, this is a National Forest and dogs are welcome🐶. We check ahead of time before we start out to new places to see if POTA Rose can come along or not 😊 She loves a good POTA activation! 73, Becky es Mike

@@HamRadioDuo ok same as Oz then…. State forests in Oz allow dogs too 73

Thank you so much! POTA ON! 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you! We both enjoy a nice relaxed speed when sending and love how the CW community matches speeds in general. When Mike's on a paddle, slowing down is sometimes harder, but he will send a lot of space when needed. It definitely helped us when first getting on the air how many people slowed down to match us!! 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you! It was a beautiful spot! 73, Becky es Mike

im confused ( i know doesnt take much) if u havent any cell - how can mike look up the call sign - jus curious txs

Hey Brian, great question! We didn't realize it until we were activating, but the Ham2k PoLo logging app we use will still show the name and state if we already had them in our logs. If it was a new contact then we could still log it on the app, but no information was available. Not sure if you noticed, but sometimes I was only able to send the state with the exchange and those were new contacts for me. 73, Becky es Mike

@@HamRadioDuo ahhh thanks - so how did u like doin no frills POTA lol

Hi Hi 🤣 It's definitely a clever branding idea and wonder how long it takes for people to realize it .. if ever! 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you for joining us. CW is a journey and glad to hear your on it too!! 73, Becky es Mike

The weather was beautiful and started to cool off into the evening when we got back after our hike. It will get chilly soon, but so far has stayed warmer longer and we are trying to take advantage of it for sure! 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you Lidi!!! Always great to hear your call come in, and thanks for the battle to make it happen! It was fun being off grid and just enjoying the forest. 73, Becky es Mike

Phil, Oh no!!! So glad to hear you are okay minus some bumps and bruises. Just like Mike's bike accident, I'm sure you're thankful because it could have been way worse! You're welcome for the laugh, as I think Mike wanted to edit it out but it made me laugh to so we kept it in :-) Hope to hear you on the air soon and stay of the scaffold for awhile (or for forever)! 73, Becky es Mike

@@HamRadioDuo Thanks for kind words both. Been a rough 2 weeks went back to where we used to live doing care home visits whilst there mother in law passed away on the Wednesday 48 hours later Father in law also passed away from a burst AAA was a upsetting surreal visit. Had my QMX with me to do a first time activation POTA but brain was haggled and came home a day early. Said to wife hence why I made a mistake with scaffold tower mind not on the job in hand. Have a lovely weekend both. Keep on POTA 73 Phil

Thank you for the feedback! I definitely know that people like the heavier longer lever keys but most of our experience has been on the smaller more portable keys. We do have an MFJ key and sometimes use at the home station, but I would eventually like to try some of the larger keys just to see if there is a different feel to them. I think it's kind of like brands of shoes where everyone has their favorite feel. 73, Becky es Mike

Thanks John and hope you like the antenna. We like the compactness and easy deploy of the wire antennas now that we have a good mast / stake, or we just lean it on a tree. Also, glad you like the Putikeeg and now we have a straight key one as well. 73, Becky es Mike

My first straight key was the CW Morse which I still use and like a lot. We did have one we left in the truck and that was a bad idea. It still works but is a little misshaped 😱 Definitely familiar with the keys you mentioned and someday hope to try out some new ones! 73, Becky es Mike

We are lucky to have you join us! Thank you! We couldn't believe how many countries we got during that one activation, it was so much fun! GOTA for sure! 73, Becky es Mike

George, thanks and congrats on learning CW. We feel like it's a journey with a lot of little accomplishments along the way! It's a challenge, sometimes frustrating, but rewarding at the same time! 73, Mike es Becky

Yay! Congrats on getting the message and for following our adventures! You should definitely GOTA (get on the air). We realized that we never really thought we were ready, and just had to go for it. One of our teachers (Glen W4YES) says ... You don't get good to get on the air, you get on the air to get good! 73 and hope to hear you out there! Becky es Mike

Thank you Tim! My sending preference is always the straight key 😊 73, Becky es Mike

Hey Carlos !! Yeah that G-90 can tune just about anything! How's the CW going 😜? 73, Becky es Mike

Thank for watching!! Appreciate your support 😊 73, Becky es Mike

Hey Julia!!! Fun to get you in the logs again as always! Also, we email contacts after activations and get a bounce back from your QRZ email. Just letting you know😊 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you! It was a fun project and hopefully you will enjoy it as well! Good luck ... just take your time and read ahead! Way to take on the challenge and let us know how it goes!!! 73, Becky es Mike

That's awesome you're learning CW. We think of it as a journey and we are both still actively learning. Also, thanks for joining our adventures as we all learn together ... mistakes and all 🤣 And, thanks for the feedback on the messages. They are fun to do as long as I can keep thinking of new ones!!! 73, Becky es Mike

Pete, thank you for the comment and question about how we learned CW. We do plan to make a video around this topic but in the meantime here are some of our thoughts (we responded to a similar question with this) : The short version is that Mike (me) tried off and on for YEARS and feels like he was learning the wrong way. Becky learned with some advise from the hard lessons Mike had trying to re-learn. Becky had the advantage of some of those lessons and being a natural fast learner and using Michael as a slow decoder at the start. All of that is to say that it was really fast and probably not something to use as an expectation. She learned most all of the letters by sound at 30wpm in a weekend, decided to get licensed only after learning the letters, which went super quick and then got on the air with the first CW (with Michael as the decoder) the day it hit the FCC. Probably too much to fit into a comment, but here is my (Mike's) advise I wish I could give myself: - enjoy the journey. like playing a musical instrument, it takes a lot of practice and a long time, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun all along the way. It just means you have to set the expectation that you'll be enjoying the journey a little every day for a very long time, not just checking off a box. About 20 mins per day seems like a reasonable amount. - learn the letters by sound (learning by memorizing a map of dits and dahs means you always have to look them up in your mind and means you get stuck) - learn the letters around 30pm so that your brain is forced to hear the sound and not individual dits and dahs. learning the letters at around 30wpm so you hear the sound doesn't mean you are aiming to have conversations at that speed. If you learn the sounds at 30wpm or higher, you'll also "hear" them at the slower speeds you actually use at the start. - an app called Morse Mania gamifies learning the letters, which is what Becky used - get on the air as soon as possible, before you are ready. we've all been there and that's one step to keep it fun during the journey - after learning all the letters, get on the air and try writing everything down. just print out and or memorize some standard basic short QSOs - after learning the letters, join clubs, take classes, and use online tools to keep over-learning the letters and working on building words. - keep having fun all along the way. celebrate every small victory. the first few letters you learn. the first time you start having letters pop in your head when you hear a sound. the first time you hear a few letters and recognize it as a state. very step is fun and it just gets better and you never stop learning. 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you! It was a great experience and amazing to get on the air using it the first time! Hope to hear you on the air as well! 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you, I've only used it for 2 activations but I like it as well! Here is a link if you're interested : Putikeeg Straight Key amzn.to/3YhXTKX

Thanks Mike! We are definitely having fun using these keys!! 73, Becky es Mike

👍Way to go! 73, Becky es Mike

Good Job!! 73, Becky es Mike

Great job! 73, Becky es Mike

Definitely true!! 73, Becky es Mike

Thanks TJ! 73, Becky es Mike

Yay!! Way to stick with it 😊 73, Becky es Mike

Thanks! Just started using this one a little and like it! 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you and appreciate the comment. Glad you enjoyed it! 73, Becky es Mike

Thanks TJ, not all of it was instruction, but it was definitely a lot of information and a fun build. 73, Becky es Mike

Haha ...... thankfully it was only a few times that he decided to be curious! And, I was careful to put things away when I took a break so they wouldn't get knocked on the floor 🤣 73, Becky es Mike

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Welcome to the fun world of CW and good luck on your exam. Vband is a lot of fun and a great way to get started on CW even before you can get on the air. 73, Becky es Mike

Dave, it was definitely a fun project and I'm super glad I did it. Makes using that radio a little bit more fun knowing I built it 😊 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you! I was definitely excited and relieved that it actually worked 🤣 73, Becky es Mike

Thank you! It was my first, but I'm sure not my last😊 . It really was a fun challenge. 73, Becky es Mike

Mallory, that's great! I think the main thing is making sure you know the voltage range of your radio and then making sure that the trigger cable that you plug into your USB PD power Bank outputs the right voltage. The one that we're using outputs 12 volts which is perfect for our radios. 73 Mike N4FFF es Becky N4BKY