Well what fun! Although we had only 43 stations on Tuesday evening, boy did we all have fun! I really went to town with rag-chews - some nearly an hour long. For someone who hated CW and vowed to never…

As the weather continued to challenge us both on and off the airwaves, it's been a week of persistence, innovation, and camaraderie within the group. Whether you've been operating from the comfort of your home or enjoying some portable ops…

Things were looking up for this week's CQQRS Slow CW QSO practice net on Tuesday. A number of people reported that band conditions were good, but our numbers were still down a bit - only 55 stations heard on air,…

It’s time to think again about this year’s International Morse Code Day quiz, held via Zoom in April. Richard VK6PZT has been running these events each year, and the participants all had a scream - great fun. The event is…

Last Tuesday’s Group Masthead Image And thanks this week to David VK6KD portable near Mansfield in the Victorian High Country for the screenshot from his phone of some of the participants in our HNY 20m / Zoom event on Thursday.…

Terrific to hear so many of our team on Tuesday who tore themselves away from their New Year's Eve fandangos and joined the QRS celebrations on air. I had a great time, and I know many of the others on…

Well well - another hugely successful year for our CQQRS Slow CW Practice @SO net. We now have over 200 readers of the weekly RagChew newsletter, and most weeks have around 5 dozen people on air on Tuesdays, enjoying the…

Terrific to hear so many of our team on air having fun on our Tuesday evening CQQRS Slow CW Practice QSO net this week. I was using my tiny plastic (tr)uSDR Arduino-powered transceiver again, this time from the balcony of…

Inverted-L on a 3.6m collapsable fishing pole at our hotel in Lorne. Neat unobtrusive installation... pity it didn’t work! Last Tuesday’s Group Here’s this week’s list of the 64 stations heard by our team members: Reports Many people have told…

Last Tuesday’s Group Here’s this week’s list of the 57 stations heard on the CQQRS net on Tuesday Masthead Image Reports Submissions close lunch time on Thursday. If you hear or work one of our team on a different band…

Poor propagation conditions, static crashes from thunderstorms and generally tough conditions kept our numbers down significantly last Tuesday... but those of us who battled through had a great time! And I’m pleased to announce that despite the conditions, we had…

Early Tuesday morning UK time at the start of this week’s CQQRS net. First snow of the season - Simon MOKBJ at Wolverhampton So many stations on air.... so much fun had! Tuesday’s net was great fun, with lots of…

Simon MOKBJ at Sea Palling near Norfolk - testing out then abandonin« a possible location on Monday before Tuesday's DXperiment. Last Tuesday's net was a bit quieter than we've become accustomed to lately (we had reports of 42 stations, versus…

Last Tuesday’s Group Here’s this week’s list of the 65 stations heard on the CQQRS group muster on Tuesday evening: Here’s this week’s list of the 65 stations heard on the CQQRS group muster on Tiiacday avaninn: New Team Member:…

Yet another outstanding Tuesday; so many operators on air or listening-in enjoying the art of CW - learning, practicing, reminiscing, mentoring.... all just having fun with this strange aspect of amateur radio. Whodathunkit that so many of us were driven…

Boy oh boy! Another bumper RagChew edition packed full of articles from so many contributors. Thank you one and all. I wonder whether the tough conditions on Tuesday evening had anything to do with so many of our team members…

Sounds like a broken record doesn’t it? Another outstanding CQQRS Practice QSO Group get-together on Tuesday afternoon / evening / morning, depending where in the world you were. Conditions were challenging for many people - static crashes from the line…

Another sensational Tuesday evening this week - so many people having a go, learning, and having fun in the process; what a great group! I’ve put my head in the sand and tried to ignore it... but sure as eggs,…

The weekly CQQRS Slow CW Practice QSO Group gets together on Tuesdays between about 0700Z and 13002Z, in designated segments of the 40m then 80m band (see the end of this newsletter for details). Although originally organised for both new…

Another bloody outstanding week, and nearly another world record with at least 67 stations on our CQQRS Slow CW Practice QSO net on Tuesday. Well done one and all! This week the gremlins have gone to bother someone else... and…

Last Tuesday’s Net Here’s this week’s list of the 61 stations heard: Masthead Image The image this week is the VOCAP-Ham circle long path ionospheric prediction of the VK6 to UK path, showing how lucky we were on Tuesday to…

Wow! Another sensational Tuesday on the CQQRS Slow CW Practice QSO net - at least 79 stations on air or known to be listening! Another gold medal to you all with our new world record! And what’s more - we…

So, off the soap box, and back to the fun! Here’s this week’s list of the 60 stations Paya] FR ecm fF beer es on pret been CO So, off the soap box, and back to the fun! Here’s this…

Oh boy! If! could recall a suitable quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I'd use it.... but I can’t, so I won’t! Amazingly amazing! But needless to say, I’m just overjoyed by how good our net was last…

Last Tuesday’s Net Here’s this week’s list of the 59 stations heard: New Team Members This week I’m pleased to welcome a whole bunch of new team members: * Kevin VK3KEV from Semour * Mathew VK3AFH from Wantirna South *…