Hi!

I have not done much CW in recent years. The last time I worked this mode was for the 2005 ARRL Sweepstakes CW contest, which did wonders for getting comfortable with higher CW speeds. I tried it once via satellite unsuccessfully a few months ago. I decided to try CW on the SSB/FM side of AO-51 tonight, after a few calls in SSB without responses. I sent DE WD9EWK a couple of times, and Glenn AA5PK showed up. We made a quick QSO, and now I have 1 satellite CW QSO in my log. Thanks, Glenn, for the contact. A QSL card will be heading your way.

I know I could change my callsign, to eliminate the one big reason I don't do CW much (the "K" at the end of my call). That was the reason why my first attempt at satellite CW didn't work out - the other station thought my callsign ended in a "W". Now that I have a CW QSO via satellite in the log, I may just try to deal with the "K" and see if I can start logging more satellite CW QSOs. More satellite fun for the new year, to go along with just getting on the air and also getting on from many different locations...

Happy 2009 to all, and 73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

(I've already operated from 4 different grids in 2009 - on the DM32/DM42 border Wednesday evening to start the new year on the UTC clock, and on the DM33/DM43 border tonight)