leftleaninghaggis

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What does a T-rex use to cut wood? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

George Pig enters chat

Do the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

'Ye' as second person plural is very much a thing in Ireland, especially in the west, as in "Are ye going out tonight".

What do you call a man with a spade on his head? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?

Cliff

peanut butter rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sigh... Here we go again... unzips

TIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europe in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does this mean that there's just one queen for this entire colony?

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Question though? Why did they get rid of sms functionality?

Second Day of Federation Test. Does anyone see this? Please reply with your account's home instance. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

checking in from lemmy.radio

Share your longest distance contact in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Easter Island from Ireland, 100w CW on 20m.

Still haven't gotten into VK or ZL yet though

"599 TU" or ragchewing? Which do you prefer and why? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, but kind of no.

I love the pile up when working SSB, in CW it's all about the chat.

Also, bedtime in our house tends to be the same time as a lot of the 1 hour contests.

SOTA/POTA: yep, although I've not done any yet, it is something I want to have a go at

Learning Morse in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

For me it was self study to begin with. I was lucky to have a lot of time during covid andade use of that by delving into lcwo.net. passed my telegraphist exam before I got my license. Eaier this year I got into a CWops intermediate class and found the peer-pressure/friendly-competition aspectgreat for helping me improve.

Since that, it's just been making QSOs and gradually increasing my speed. I'm ragchewing comfortably at 20wpm now, but setting my keyer between 22-25, to push my comfort zone.

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"599 TU" or ragchewing? Which do you prefer and why? (lemmy.radio)
 

As it is now, with two small kids, I don't have the time to devote to contesting. I do absolutely love going on the air after bedtime and chatting with other CW ops.

Which do you prefer?