LA8W – LN8W

I am signing LN9Z in this years CQ WPX CW. It will be a single band 20 meters effort from the Lista QTH of LN9Z. Lista is one of the southernmost QTH’s in Norway, if not the one. Jan Almedal LB1G will run SB 40M, signing LA9Z from the same QTH.

We are leaving for the QTH tomorrow afternoon. I will try to get some good sleep before the contest, but since single ops are only allowed 36 hours out the the full 48 sleep shouldn’t be a problem. I might get too much sleep though

Looking forward to work you in the contest.

73 de LB1GB Bjørn

Call: LN8W
Operator(s): LB8IB
Station: LA8W

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Rakkestad
Operating Time (hrs): 36

Summary:

Band     QSO    Points    Zones  Countries
160      330       330        8         58
 80      783       999       15         70
 40      872      1061       24         93
 20     1079      2360       34        110
 15      599      1040       30        104
 10       60        87        9         40           

Total:  3723      5904      120        475    3512880

Club: LA Contest Club

Murphy struck this year with antenna and rig problems. A flu didn’t make things any better. After the 20M yagi failed on Sunday, I quit at 14Z.

73 de Olaf LB8IB.

Learnmorsecode.com shows an interesting way to learn morse code. By using a chart and move left for the dahs and right for the dits you will find the correlating letter for the code sent in the chart.

From the website:
Here’s an example: You hear DAH DIT DIT which is a dash then dot then dot. You start at START and hear a DAH then move down and left to the T and then you hear a DIT so you move down and RIGHT to the N and then you hear another DIT so you move DOWN and RIGHT again and land on the D You then write down the letter D on your code copy paper and jump back to START waiting for your next letter. The key to learning the code is hearing it and comprehending it while you hear it. The only way to get there is to practice 10 minutes a day.

learnmorsecode.com

French version: The Amateur Radio song words and music by the late Maurice Durieux VE2QS and F9KT; Played by VE2QS and his Orchestra. Sung in French by Raymond Girerd

English version

The CQ Serenade…. dah di dah dit….dah dah di dah

Many of you, including me, have heard this serenade before. Anyway, here it is again!

English version: The words and music of the CQ Serenade was written by VE2QS and VE2BR. The music was played by VE2QS and his Orchestra in 1951. The vocalist was Joyce Hahn.

French version: The Amateur Radio song words and music by the late Maurice Durieux VE2QS and F9KT; Played by VE2QS and his Orchestra. Sung in French by Raymond Girerd – French version

Please contact us if any of this information is false!

45 record image from: http://www.geocities.com/w8jyz/VE2QS.pdf

LA8AJA @LA8W working 3B7C on 20 meters just before Scandinavian Activity Contest starts.