{"id":6151,"date":"2022-05-22T15:41:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T19:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=6151"},"modified":"2022-05-22T15:44:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T19:44:13","slug":"new-to-morse-code-give-k1usn-sst-a-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=6151","title":{"rendered":"New to Morse Code? Give K1USN SST a Try!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regular practice is a key part of improving Morse Code proficiency.\u00a0 Simply doing endless recorded practice sessions becomes boring after awhile and doesn&#8217;t mimic real-world band conditions very well.\u00a0 For those trying to grow your CW speed to 15 to 20 WPM, participating in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.k1usn.com\/sst.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K1USN SST<\/a> mini-contests is a sure fire way to improve both your sending and receiving skills.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><big><big>Fridays 20:00-21:00 UTC: 4-5pm EDT<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><big><big>Mondays 00:00-01:00 UTC: 8-9pm EDT<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><big>80 meters 3.528 &#8211; 3.545 MHz<\/big><\/big><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><big>40 meters 7.028 &#8211; 7.045 MHz<\/big><\/big><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><big>20 meters 14.028 &#8211; 14.045 MHz<\/big><\/big><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><big>15 meters 21.028 &#8211; 21.045 MHz<\/big><\/big><big><\/big><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><big>10 meters 28.028 &#8211; 28.045 MHz<\/big><\/big><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>The contest exchange is quite simple.\u00a0 Stations will exchange their call signs, name and state.\u00a0 Give it a try!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular practice is a key part of improving Morse Code proficiency.\u00a0 Simply doing endless recorded practice sessions becomes boring after awhile and doesn&#8217;t mimic real-world band conditions very well.\u00a0 For those trying to grow your CW speed to 15 to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=6151\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,67,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-morse-code","category-sst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6151"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6156,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6151\/revisions\/6156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}