[LARC-CQ] CW on 2 meters?

[William Paul]

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> On Aug 6, 2021, at 16:44, Mike Oliver, KT2T via CQ <cq at lists.lakelandarc.org> wrote:
> 
> On 2021-08-06T16:29:48-0400, Harmon Morgan via CQ wrote:
>> MCW or Modulated CW was around back when I was first licensed. Back in
>> ye olden days, people would  take an AM transmitter and modulate it
>> with a Code Practice Oscillator. Used to hear it on 6M. Think I even
>> heard it on 40M, one time. Real CW is used on the low end of the
>> various VHF and UHF bands. It is used to make contacts, when SSB just
>> won’t quite make it. 
> 
> Ha, you beat me to it Buddy! I had fumbled through a draft email on my
> phone but gave up typing on the small screen and waited to get back to
> my PC before sending. The funny thing I was reading on forum post on QRZ
> this morning talking about MCW and laughed that here is a question on
> the CQ list mentioning the very same thing. The QRZ forum post talked
> about guys using a code practice oscillator or keyer while holding in
> the PTT on their mic, and one guy even mentioned pressing a button on
> his HT keypad while holding PTT. Never done it myself, but funny to read
> about it in two disparate locations today.
> 
>> Yes, an FT 847 will do what you want. I assume your 2M antenna is
>> vertical and resonant on the high end of the band. Finding a
>> frequency, above 144.3 MHz,  to operate CW, that will not irritate
>> people, may be difficult. 
> 
> If $DAYJOB doesn't collide with the time you guys want to do this then
> I'd be interested in playing. I have a IC-705 and recently picked up a
> Chameleon CHA DB VHF/UHF on sale that would work nicely for what you're
> talking about (assuming real CW on 2m, not MCW).
> 
> https://chameleonantenna.com/shop-here/ols/products/cha-db-vhf-uhf
> 
> I'll be watching this thread closely, and if there is a great desire for
> this that coincides with folks getting annoyed about it on the CQ list
> then we can definitely look into a dedicated mailing list just for LARC
> CW aficionados (and wannabes, like me).
> 
> 73,
> Mike
> 
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> Mike Oliver, KT2T
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