Have a good time with CW...

I have always had the idea that who approaches to the radio for cw way is more brought to an attitude corrected in the comparisons the own hobby and the its correspondent.

This is a my vitiated impression surely from preconceived, but it is likewise sure that the banal cw qso that the pile up are more thousand miles from the terrible bedlams which we often are accustomed to listen on phone.

The operational techniques of the dx are substantially identical, except in some minimum peculiars.

The scrupulous respect of the rules there could take very distant in telegraphy.

My feeling is that too much hams, after have sustained the examination, they hasten to throw by the key and runs out for not more work on cw.

The telegraphy instead is fine and also extremely useful for the dx.

On the fact that is beautiful could be discussed: it treats of an aesthetics evaluation that is personal.

The fact that is useful instead is indisputable, and for understand it is necessary to do a recall to the technique.

As whole knows, the communication is a problem of ratio among signal and noise; so that one might understand the our correspondent is necessary that his mark is upper to the noise.

The cw allows of obtain a ratio signal/ noise than good 13 [dB] respects to the phone, this means that if a 10 meters qso (vertical antenna and 100 watt) the conditions go away rapidly impairing, just switch on cw and appear on your roof a directive two elements (5 dB) and a 600 watt amplifier (8 dB more respect to the power of your radio.)

All this we think that is easy work the dx with modest equipments and a key.

The cw is a kind of emission which requires a band very narrow , with ulterior improvement of the opportunity of communication in bad conditions of propagation.

And then nothing lists and nothing net!

Whoever has some difficulties to the beginning.

I remember very well my first complete qso, it was a big satisfaction arrive at to take the correctly call sign, the name and the report of the correspondent.

After many time spent doing cw qso the speed increases and in few months is been able To work the dx on piles up. After many practice we are ready To work in contest and just then after many hours of activity at high speed that you are appreciated the beauty of the telegraphy.

The attention concentrated at the maximum, the ear which involves by filter and alone selects different callsign shifted of few Hz, seems almost a different state of conscience...

                       Good dx ,  Roby