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6 months into things.
2 July 2023 | by
Now it's not a numbers game I play with myself but my goal is to get better at what I do. Improving my skill in whatever it is, is important to me. With Amateur radio CW is my skill and I will be honest I work hard on it and it's nice to see the efforts are being rewarded oh and it's a lot of fun too. To gather as much understanding about my radio, antenna, propagation, pileup skills and the list goes on is what keeps my hobby a busy one and exciting one.
Cheers to the upcoming 6 months of 2023!
10 Responses to “6 months into things.”
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Mike,
Reading your blog post (along with some others) has helped me get back into CW on the air. I’ve mainly been chasing POTA activators on CW, since the first week of June, but I also worked some CW at Field Day this year, and I’m chasing the original 13 Colonies special event stations on CW. Will I ever sit and work a CW contest? I don’t honestly know, but at least I’m back to using it. Thanks!
73, Howard
AC4FS
Mike, I’m totally with you in your experience with retirement. I’m also about a year into mine. I have 4 major hobbie, radio is first of course! I’ve benn a listener and receiver collector since about 1980. I’m so busy I have to be disciplined in splitting my time between them.
73
Charles ZSL1006
Good morning Howard and very nice to hear from you, get to hear that your getting back into CW. I also was thinking about doing the 13 Colonies as well. Remember something new this year is some if not all Colonies when it gets busy will be running split. This will give you some practice at CW split operations. If I may suggest that you check out the the Long Island CW club on the internet. They have lots of great links, zoom classes and so on regarding CW no matter what your level.
Have a great holiday weekend Howard and nice to hear from you.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment Charles, yes retirement can go either way…the choice is up to the person. Keep busy is a choice that you have to make and find things you like and do them. It sounds funny but a few years before retirement you have to start preparing for it.
Have a great day Charles and nice to hear from you.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
The comment from Charles, who I assume is in ZL land reminded me of a monthly log that was printed in a radio magazine a hundred years ago. My daughter found an issue dated in 1923 and purchased it at an antique store here in Indiana. I have known that a doctor in Fort Wayne used the call 9QR and was quite active in those days, so I checked the log and found his call listed by an operator in New Zealand. Dr. Enslen’s call was changed to W9QR after the assignment of W,K,A, and N at world radio conference in 1927. The doctor’s son acquired the call W9QR after World War II and held it until his death in the 80s. I acquired the call in 1996 and hope to continue its CW DXing tradition after I retire.
Maybe I will get a signal report from Charles.
73,
Larry, W9QR
Good afternoon Larry, that is great you were able to look back at the holder of the call you now have. Very interesting history.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
I’ve been retired for some 13 years and have never been busier. Everyday is ham radio, or model airplanes, or working on a cabin, or building some piece of useless equipment in the shop. The poor guy is the guy who retires and has no idea what he will do the next day, and does nothing.
Good morning Mike and very nice to hear from you and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Yes for me it’s only been 3 years but the time sure has gone by fast. As for those who retire and have nothing to do I find that one of the factors is they were married to their work life. They had nothing outside work and while on their own time they did work related things. You have to prep for retirement and start thinking about it years before you actually walk out the door.
Have a Happy July 4th Mike
73,
Mike
VE9KK
Hi Mike
I am 83 and retired 11 years ago. I am a rag chewing cw op. I use an Icom 7300 and an end fed stealth antenna in the roof flashing. You recently offered an article comparing Icom 7300 and other rigs. I did not read it because it required downloading a link I did not recognize. I would like to read it if you can offer it in the clear.
Joel W3ZRW
Good morning Joel and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, I have done a search on my blog for Icom 7300 and also compare. Both times it came up empty and I was not able to find anything other than K0PIR’s site that does have lots of info on both the 7300 and 7610. I am not sure if this is the site you are asking about? Could you tell me the title of my post you were looking at and I can do a more detailed search of it for you. This way I can provide you with a direct link and one that you will not have issues with.
Thanks
73,
Mike
VE9KK