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Hi Martin,

You're right antennas of this type can be erected to be so discreet that no one will ever notice them. There is a huge body of knowledge on the internet there for the taking if you do a searh under "stealth Antennas"

My morse skills are mediocre at best, I just don't have the time to practice as much as I'd like. The G4FON program I find to work very well. I guess you've already found this.

I amd most other people I know who are learning morse, find that receiving is far,far harder than sending. This is unlike just about any other language learning of course. There are two good solutions to get you up an running. First is a computer based program called CW Skimmer, this is truely brilliant abd can decode tens of CW concersations simultaneously on the band you are monitoring. This is very useful when trying to spot a specific station on a crowded band. It used to be downloadable on a free limited period trial basis. The other system I use is a little battery powered pocket CW Reader from MFJ ( model number MFJ461) Its somewhat tempremental, but works well enough for me in field based operations.

Once you have your transmitter sorted and some rudimentary CW skills in place would you like to start a semi regular sked? Any other aspiring CW ops or listeners would be welcome to join us of course.???

72 ( low powered version of 73 = Best regards)

LS

You're right about its transmitting power, I have had fairly regular transatlantic contacts using home brew portable wire antennas and just 5w power.