Below is a video of ZF2MJ/N6MJ operating single-operator, two-radios (SO2R) in the recent CQ Worldwide CW contest. He’s working both 20m and 15m simultaneously. What’s amazing to me is how composed he is. I have to really concentrate when operating even a single radio.
If you aspire to be as good as N6MJ, you might want to download CW Freak. I’m not sure where I heard about this program, but being a CW geek, I was immediately drawn to the name. It’s a free program that runs on just about any version of Windows that you might have, and will help you copy callsigns better. It sends at speeds from 15 wpm to more than 100 wpm (although I’m not sure why it goes that fast), and attempts to simulate a contest environment by varying the tone of the signal as it’s sending the callsigns. This might be something to play around with for fun when band conditions are particular crummy.
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