CW ragchewing… the idea
makes some CW operators weak in the knees. The good news is it’s a
lot easier than most CW operators think it is. Gary Stone, N5PHT,
would like you to go beyond the basic QSO and start having more CW
conversations.
Gary has 170,000 QSOs,
150,000 of those are CW QSOs, and at least 4,000 of those CW QSOs
have been ragchews. A CW ragchew is just a conversation or, as Gary
likes to say, you’re just sharing a little more of yourself. After
exchanging the basic QSO information, instead of saying 73 ask a
simple question, “What do you do?”, “Are you retired?” Put your
feet up and spend a little time talking. Learning to ragchew adds a
whole new level of enjoyment to operating CW!