How do they do this? It’s simple, really: DX exchanges are incredibly simple and formulaic.įor example, in order to work a typical DXpedition the only CW one really needs to know is what one’s own callsign sounds like in CW at a relatively high speed. There are a number of DXers who effectively rely on CW skimmers, keyboard sending, and pre-programmed exchanges in order to work DX. It would likely be frustrating.”īefore getting into a field activation, let’s talk about one area where even modest CW skills can be used to snag contacts. His question was simple, “Could I activate a park with this sort of setup?”
At present, he doesn’t know CW at all, but he’s starting to learn. The idea would be to get on the CW bands for experience as he’s learning CW. He even thought about using a keyboard-based keyer as opposed to paddles or a straight key. The learning curve is actually more modest than you might think, which is the reason there are so many new operators employing this earliest of communication modes.Ī reader recently asked if he thought he could get away with doing a park activation for POTA using the built-in CW decoder in his transceiver and an external memory keyer pre-programmed with a wide variety of exchanges and signal reports. Thing is, CW is a skill so there is a learning curve associated with it. The Xiegu G90 in CW Decode mode (note the text at the bottom of the display)Īs more and more radio operators hit the field to activate parks and summits, many want to turn to CW to benefit from Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) spotting and also to take advantages of the inherent efficiencies of CW at QRP power levels.
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