In recent message to his Northwest Division membership, Mike Ritz, W7VO, described a program that he’s trying to get the ARRL to take on—the Clean Signal Initiative.

Tonight, I had a couple of 27 wpm QSOs—one with Joe, K7JOE, and the other with Mitch, WB0GKH. These were nice contacts. Both of these operators have a nice fist, which made copying so fast easier. And, at 25+ wpm, a CW contact is almost as fast as a phone contact.

I love the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) and have often thought about becoming one of the spotters in order to give something back. One of the things holding me back was that I needed to install CW Skimmer. Last December, I tried to get CW Skimmer working with my Flex 6400. Unfortunately, I wasn’t successful, and being both impatient and ambivalent about paying $75 for the program, I gave up on it after a little while.