Next Slow CW Corroboree - Dec 22

CQ QRS Slow CW Corroboree

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The sixth PARG 80m CQ QRS Slow CW Contest will be held on Saturday December 3rd from 1700 to 2100 WA time (0900z to 1300z).

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The event is called the CQ QRS Slow CW Corroboree, a very friendly and supportive get-together of newcomers and old hands alike from WA and other areas, intended to allow everyone to have a go at CW irrespective of how good or bad your Morse is.  And this time, to emphasise the fun and training aspect (and because submitting and managing logs is a pain for most people), no logs will be submitted and the event will not be scored.

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Participants are encouraged to give it a go, even if you’ve never used CW before - the event will involve very simple standard exchanges, which could even be done using cheat-sheets if needed.  Operating hints for those who haven’t used CW before (or whose keys are getting a bit rusty) are attached below.  It’s all about having a bit of fun in a very safe environment - most participants will be struggling to receive and send, just the same as everyone else!

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The event will is open to everyone - all amateurs and Short Wave listeners are encouraged to have a go.

Oh, there is also a weekly CQ QRS net on Tuesday evenings from 1700 with stations calling and responding with Slow CW between 3540 and 3570kHz.  This is for everyone who would like to have a go - further details are also available here: On-Air Practice Sessions

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So the Slow CW Corroboree Guidelines are attached below (221127 PARG CQ QRS Slow CW Corroboree Guidelines v1.0.pdf);  the Guidelines are likely to be updated closer to the event, so please check back just beforehand.  

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Also below you'll find the handy dandy CW operating hints page for your reference.  Also, the Bragging-Rights winner of a previous Corroboree Gary VK6GAL / W4GAL has posted some very useful hints for participants on his website:  - and these are reproduced in the attachment (220328 VK6GAL Notes on PARG CW Event.pdf) below.

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If you can't join this event this time, but would like to be advised of future ones, I send out the times by email before each session via a Slow CW Contest email distribution list - and I'd be happy to add any interested amateurs and Short Wave Listeners to the list; for more info go to: https://groups.google.com/g/slow-cw-email or email me at mark.bosma@icloud.com.