I was just listening that night on the radio and happen to see in the contest calendar the NAQCC sprint was starting in 10 minutes so I thought I would have a little fun for a while. Thanks and 72/73, Bill (KE3O)ĪC5T: Thank you very much.
MFJ UTC CLOCK CODE
It has been many years since I sat for code tests at the Baltimore office of the FCC, but the years have not diminished the pleasure I still get from 'making a contact' in CW mode. Although my code speed is not so fast anymore (see my QRZ.com page), I really enjoy the mode and the challenge of QRP operation. Not only was I surprised to have won a prize, I was (and I am) equally happy to be part of the NAQCC fraternity. KE3O: Thanks so much for the notification. I know I will take this new key out in the field next summer and have a whole lot of good contacts. I am truly blessed having so many old and new friends all over to chat with and brighten up my life. It is really a nice and rewarding feeling to be part of a group that encourages and helps so many new hams get into qrp hamming. N8BB: I want to thank everyone involved including the sponsors of the prizes. Here is a picture of me and my new KK1 straight key I just received in the mail. Forget all that, from now on I'll be sending CW QRP instead! 72, Bob, WB3T. it's 2:17 PM EDT so that's 5 hours and change before 0000. And thanks to the club and MFJ for the clock! Bet I can make more contacts with the time I'll save scratching my head over, "Let's see. Kudos to NAQCC members and officers who pull together to keep CW and QRP very much visible in the ham radio community. But as the years go by and the hobby budget increases, I still am hooked on QRP. I started out in 1975 as a CW QRP op with an MFJ-40T 5-Watt transmitter primarily due to the budgetary constraints of a young dad and novice ham.
Being a 95% CW op for 38 years, I am happy to see all the CW activity associated with NAQCC, and QRP makes it even better. I really enjoyed the Sprint this month, and I can see from the entries that CW continues to grow. Now I have both local time and UTC at a glance. I am forever doing mental subtraction to figure UTC for my log. WB3T: I just received my MFJ UTC clock, and I have to tell you, the QRP gods knew who to send this to.
Bob, WB3T (N3A) with his third place prize digital local/UTC clock
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