WT8P's Notes to Self

CWA Beginner – Session 14

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2020-11-032020-11-18 wt8p

For the bonus homework: Compose an amateur radio-related haiku, a three-line poem where the lines are 5, 7, and 5 syllables, respectively. Some examples from a prior class are below. As you practice at home, think of where it would […]

Black Garlic

Recipes

2020-10-312020-10-22 wt8p

We received a head of black garlic in our CSA market basket and made the Black Garlic pasta recipe from Cooking on the Weekends. The flavor We enjoyed the black garlic enough, we looked at what was involved in making […]

CWA Beginner – Session 13

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2020-10-292020-12-01 wt8p

For the bonus homework:The session includes abbreviations and pro signs. I’ve attached two PDF files. qcodes.pdf has a nice half-page of common abbreviations and some Q codes used in nets, fsd218.pdf, from ARRL has pro signs on the fourth page. Welcome, Session […]

CWA Beginner – Session 12

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2020-10-262020-11-18 wt8p

1) Prepare to send QSO information about the weather, rig (if you don’t have one, what you would buy with unfettered use of the CW Academy AmEx card), and the year you became a ham. Examples: WX IS HVY RAIN […]

CWA Beginner – Session 11

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2020-10-222020-11-18 wt8p

In the official CWOPS Beginner Book, session 11 is divided into copying segments: [Your callsign] de k6rbur rst 579 nr sf name rob hw? [Your callsign] de k6rb k [Your callsign] de n3jt ur rst is 5nn <bt>qth mclean va ? […]

CWA Beginner – Session 10

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2020-10-192020-11-18 wt8p

Session 10 covers Q, X, Z and <BK>. The audio file (thank you again, Mateo) is here – 25cpm rate, 7wpm Farnsworth spacing. Welcome, Session 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, […]

CWA Beginner – Session 9

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2020-10-152020-11-18 wt8p

Session 9 covers 0, 8, J and K, and introduces the first pro-sign, <BT>. The audio file (thank you again, Mateo) is here – 25cpm rate, 7wpm Farnsworth spacing. Welcome, Session 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, […]

Roasted vegetables and falafel

Recipes

2020-10-112020-10-10 wt8p 2 comments

So you’ve been self-quarantined for a few months and want to spend an afternoon cooking? This will help occupy your time. Falafel, roasted vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, beets, scallions), rainbow chard-tahini dip, garlic aioli, pita bread, roasted garlic and pomegranate seeds. […]

CWA Beginner – Session 8

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2020-10-102020-11-18 wt8p

Session 8, introduces the letters B and V. (Thanks, Mateo, for sending out the Lesson 8 mp3 file that you can listen to on headphones.) In the official CWOPS Beginner Book, session 8 is divided into copying segments: B, V, 7, […]