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 I've set a few goals for 2024 when it comes to Amateur Radio.  I've done this because the list of aspects of radio that I want to play with is already pretty long and getting longer - and some require some more focused effort than others.  One that will require some focused effort to start with is learning morse code - commonly called CW.  My goal is my first QSO using CW by the end of 2024. There are a number of YouTube videos, mobile CW training apps, books and all sorts of things.  Pretty quickly though most signs ended up pointing to the Long Island CW Club .  They're pretty amazing - the curriculum they've created and evolved since inception since 2018, the schedule of classes (that now specifically have VK friendly classes on a Monday night), the setup on Zoom and their online Morse practice page.  All around it's been a pretty awesome experience so far - and I am learning CW!   They have a set of three sessions they ask all new memb...

So I drilled a hole in the side of my house today!  I mentioned in a previous post that I'd got a permanent UHF/VHF aerial up on the roof.  The next step was getting something more permanent setup for HF.  I've been trying a few different aerials - but to use them I've had to run a bit of coax out the door and leave the door open.  It's been colder here the last few weeks - so leaving the door open has been a little sub-optimal, as well as the cable running across the floor and the deck.  Which has also thus limited how much time I have put into building and try different HF antennas.   The way my shack is setup my desk is against a wall that is actually the rear wall of the house - so I just needed to go straight through that wall.  Looking online and chatting to a few folk it seemed the way to go was similar with what you see for a phone or internet connection coming into a house.  One of those little grey weather resistant boxes attached...