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It's the end of the line for Windows 10 come October, 2025. I'm just curious as to what you all are planning in response.

While I scroll through the bands, I always encounter conversations that make it hard to understand. Let's say, for example, someone who called CQ on 7.032.830 received an answer on 7.032.850, and the one who answered stayed there 20Hz off the entire QSO. Now I do admit I am but a humble infant in the CW world. But when I do make contacts on CW, I zero beat with the sender. If this is not allowed. Wayne, please delete. I copied this from NAQCC monthly newsletter. I do not claim ownership of any of the information under this sentence. It is from people much smarter than me. I am a member of the NAQCC number 11977. ZERO BEAT TIPS AND TRICKS Much has been written and published on this subject, some of which is at the links below. If you don’t have a spectrum scope on your rig, train yourself to listen carefully to the rig’s sidetone. Since there are inaccuracies in some VFO frequency displays, don’t trust the readout. • https://naqcc.info/newsletter/newsletter_272.pdf Member submissions - Juergen DL4KE "Easy Zerobeat," pg 5. • https://naqcc.info/newsletter/newsletter_267.pdf Jody K3JZD - Zero Beating, pg 7-8. • https://naqcc.info/newsletter/newsletter_221.pdf Gene N5GW on Checking Zero Beat, pg 41 • https://naqcc.info/newsletter/newsletter_212.pdf Brion VE3FUJ - Help for Beginners "Zero Beat, pg 26. Zero Beat, pg 25-26. beating, detailed building instructions here: • https://naqcc.info/newsletter/newsletter_204.pdf Brion, VE3FUJ - Shedding some light on • https://naqcc.info/newsletter/newsletter_168.html A simple homebrew gadget to aid in zero • https://naqcc.info/newsletter/newsletter_074.html K3WWP goes into some good details on how to zero beat, and links to his website's article_w/ schematic and demo builds of the aid gadget: https://k3wwp.com/cw_ss_zerobeat.html

If anyone is doing, or thinking about doing YouTube videos regarding your amateur radio operations, including but not limitied to your CW adventures, I would love to watch them. Post links here please. Also, I have been doing YouTube videos myself. While a few of the older ones are tied to radio operation, it is mostly digital modes like JS8Call. Lately, I've been tasked by my neighbors to do battery upgrades on their golf carts. Feel free to check out the postings on my channel; https://www.youtube.com/@OGWT Enjoy. 73 all. WC/KN2Z