Wednesday Experimenter's Night - Tassie Ham-E-Con - CW Academy - Equine Experience and Boffin.

00:02:12 - Tassie Ham-E-Con with VK7TW and VK7HH
We started with Hayden VK7HH and Justin VK7TW doing a promotion of the Tassie Ham-E-Con in November - bookings are open, presenters are being finalised and sponsors are stepping up.
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00:17:50 - CW Academy with VK7ZA and VK7TW
Lance VK7ZA and Justin VK7TW then did a promotion of the CWOps - CW Academy which is a wonderful volunteer run academy that is available to anyone who is interested in learning morse code.
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There are four level - Beginner for people with limited or no prior experience with Morse Code and you end up at 6 wpm plus.
Fundamental is for people who have a familiarity with Morse Code characters and desire to increase proficiency and finish at 10 wpm plus.
The Intermediate level is operating at 10 plus wpm and desire to increase proficiency for contests, DX, and ragchews.
The Advanced level is for those wanting to operate at 20 plus wpm and desire to increase proficiency for higher-speed on-air activity to 30 wpm plus
Lance has done the intermediate level and current doing the advanced level and Justin is doing the Fundamental level.
Lance and Justin discussed some of the training principles and tools they use.
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Justin explained the use of CW Bingo and Hot Potatoe games and the iphone app called Morse Elmer. Thanks to Lance.
00:50:20 - Equine Experience with VK7JDZ and VK7TW
We then got Jim VK7JDZ into the studio and talked about the last Equine Endurance Safety Communications event at Bakers Beach up near Port Sorell.
01:01:30 - The creation of Radar - Boffin - with VK7TW
Justin VK7TW then finished off with a quote from a fascinating book on early radar prior to WWII called Boffin: A Personal Story of the Early Days of Radar, Radio Astronomy and Quantum Optics by R. Hanbury Brown who worked with Robert Watson-Watt who was the father of Radar in the UK.

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Party of at least 4 coming down from BVHFG in Brisbane