The National CW Speed Week

The National CW Speed Week started at 04:00 UTC (06:00 CAT) this morning Sunday 24 October and will end at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CAT) on Saturday 30 October 2021.

The activity will take place on 80, 40 and 20 metres and you may not work the same call sign more than ONCE on each band. The idea is to make as many contacts as you can within a 7-day calendar period; the goal is to log all contacts on the RaDAR Sport Log, developed by Eddie, ZS6BNE.

Visit www.radarops.co.za/zsportal; you will need a log-in PIN from Eddie in order to take part. The PIN allows you to edit your own log if you have made an error.

The criteria for the week will be - CW sent using any paddle or any straight key, nothing less than 20 wpm character speed or faster, will qualify you to take part. You will need to declare in the comments column on the logging system what kind of key you used - straight or paddle. The Radar system self-generates the points, i.e., two QSOs confirmed will yield two points each and a QSO without a conformation will give you ONE point each, without a QSL confirming a match. So, the idea is to make sure your friends actually log on the system, to gain the double points.

During the week, anyone can at any time, spot who spoke to whom, either in text form on the RaDAR system or on a bar graph format on the same system. Everyone logs in one place; just refresh your screen to spot the latest happening.