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  • Where can I find transcripts of real CW QSOs?

    From Ottavio Caruso@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 15 14:12:56 2023
    I am not even sure if this is legal, but I am looking for transcripts
    (text files, not audio files) of real ham radio QSOs (not those ARRL
    practice files) in CW that I can feed into software and I can then try
    to decode.

    Ideally rag chews, not contest junk.

    I've got some software to generate random QSOs but it's very
    approximative and it's basically deadware.


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  • From Dave Sergeant@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 16 06:36:31 2023
    In article <u8u9h8$dg8r$2@dont-email.me>, ottavio2006-usenet2012
    @yahoo.com says...

    I am not even sure if this is legal, but I am looking for transcripts
    (text files, not audio files) of real ham radio QSOs (not those ARRL
    practice files) in CW that I can feed into software and I can then try
    to decode.

    Ideally rag chews, not contest junk.

    I've got some software to generate random QSOs but it's very
    approximative and it's basically deadware.

    Not sure these even exist, legal or not. And what is a typical amateur
    QSO these days? Most of mine are like:

    (9Q1AA) G3YMC 5NN
    (G3YMC) TU 5NN

    or
    (9A1AA) G3YMC 5NN 5TA2
    (G3YMC) TU 5NN T84
    (9A1AA) TU 9A1AA TEST

    (0 is sent as a T, 1 as a A, 9 as N)

    As for ragchews, nothing other than name, report and qth ever gets
    written down.

    73 Dave G3YMC

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  • From Brian Howie@21:1/5 to Sergeant on Tue Jul 18 09:24:13 2023
    In message <MPG.3f1d9236bfd24d4b9896bd@news.eternal-september.org>, Dave Sergeant <davews2@sky.com> writes
    In article <u8u9h8$dg8r$2@dont-email.me>, ottavio2006-usenet2012
    @yahoo.com says...

    I am not even sure if this is legal, but I am looking for transcripts
    (text files, not audio files) of real ham radio QSOs (not those ARRL
    practice files) in CW that I can feed into software and I can then try
    to decode.

    Ideally rag chews, not contest junk.

    I've got some software to generate random QSOs but it's very
    approximative and it's basically deadware.

    Not sure these even exist, legal or not. And what is a typical amateur
    QSO these days? Most of mine are like:

    (9Q1AA) G3YMC 5NN
    (G3YMC) TU 5NN

    or
    (9A1AA) G3YMC 5NN 5TA2
    (G3YMC) TU 5NN T84
    (9A1AA) TU 9A1AA TEST

    (0 is sent as a T, 1 as a A, 9 as N)

    As for ragchews, nothing other than name, report and qth ever gets
    written down.

    73 Dave G3YMC




    FISTS run live nets with conversational qsos.

    https://fists.co.uk/frequencies.html

    I've frequently heard the ones on 40m , otherwise it's mostly contests
    and rubber stamp qsos as you say. I'm as guilty as the rest. The FISTS
    ones are quite readable once you get into the groove.

    Brian GM4DIJ



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